Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
2 Chronicles 10
Rehoboam went. Compare 1 Kings 12:1-19.
all. "All" put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Whole) for the greater part or representatives.
made. So some codices, with six early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate (as 1 Kings 12:14); but the current Hebrew text reads "I will make".
saw. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, read this word "saw", in the text.
your tents. Primitive text reads "your gods". One of the emendations of the Sopherim. See App-33, and compare 2 Samuel 20:1.
tents = homes. Compare 2 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 19:8; 2 Samuel 20:1.
stoned him with stones. Figure of speech Polyptoton. See note on Leviticus 24:14.
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