2 Chronicles 10:16 meaning and explanation

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,

2 Chronicles 10:16, Berean Standard Bible

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These are the words of the northern tribes at Shechem, answering King Rehoboam after he threatened them with heavier burdens than his father Solomon had laid on them. Their shout, "What portion do we have in David," disowns the dynasty of Jesse's son and declares the united kingdom over.

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