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Now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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More Than a Whip
Commentators explain that Rehoboam's threat to use "scorpions" was not about literal animals. Instead, it referred to a particularly vicious type of whip, likely with lashes loaded with leaden balls, sharp points, or iron thorns. This imagery was meant to convey a punishment far more severe and painful than ordinary whips, highlighting the extreme cruelty and foolishness of his response.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Scorpions - By this word, some understand whips having leaden balls at the ends of their lashes with hooks projecting from them; others, the…
19th Century
Anglican
The scorpion is probably (like the Roman fiagellum) a whip, the lash of which is loaded with weights and sharp points.
Baptist
Old men are not always wise, and young men are not always wise; he who consults with men only will yet learn the truth of this verse: Cursed be…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And now, whereas my father did load you with a heavy yoke , &c.] Which was putting words into his mouth, owning the …
The tribes did not complain to Rehoboam about his father's idolatry and rebellion against God. What was the greatest grievance was no grievance to …