1 Kings 12
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1 Kings 12:11-14

11WhereasH6258 my fatherH1 loadedH6006 you with a heavyH3515 yokeH5923, I will addH3254 to your yokeH5923; my fatherH1 disciplinedH3256 you with whipsH7752, but I will disciplineH3256 you with scorpionsH6137.’”

12Then JeroboamH3379 and allH3605 the peopleH5971 cameH935 to RehoboamH7346 on the thirdH7992 dayH3117 as the kingH4428 had 1directedH1696, sayingH559, “2ReturnH7725 to me on the thirdH7992 dayH3117.” 13The kingH4428 answeredH6030 the peopleH5971 harshlyH7186, for he forsookH5800 the adviceH6098 of the eldersH2205 whichH834 they had 3givenH3289 him, 14and he spokeH1696 to them according to the adviceH6098 of the youngH3206 menH3206, sayingH559, “4My fatherH1 madeH3513 your yokeH5923 heavyH3513, but I will addH3254 to your yokeH5923; my fatherH1 disciplinedH3256 you with whipsH7752, but I will disciplineH3256 you with scorpionsH6137.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 12:12 Lit spoken ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 12:12 1 Kin 12:5 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 12:13 Lit advised ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 12:14 Ex 1:13, 14; 5:5-9, 16-18 ↩

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