Text: 2 Chronicles 10:16
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 12:16
Subject: Northern tribes' secession cry
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both 2 Chronicles 10:16 and 1 Kings 12:16 preserve the northern tribes' secessionist cry: "What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to your tents, O Israel!" (mah-lanu cheleq be-David). This cry echoes the earlier rebellion of Sheba son of Bicri (2 Sam 20:1), who used nearly identical language. The repetition of this anti-Davidic slogan across three texts (2 Sam 20, 1 Kgs 12, 2 Chr 10) shows it functioning as a formulaic expression of northern tribal independence sentiment.