2 Chronicles 10:4 meaning and explanation

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

2 Chronicles 10:4, Berean Standard Bible

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The people of Israel are speaking to Rehoboam, Solomon's son, who has come to Shechem to be made king. They ask him to lighten the heavy yoke of forced labor and taxation that Solomon imposed to fund his building projects.

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