1 Kings 12
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1 Kings 12:8-15

8But he ignoredH5800 the adviceH6098 of the eldersH2205 whichH834 they had givenH3289 him, and consultedH3289 with the youngH3206 menH3206 whoH834 had grownH1431 upH1431 with him 1and servedH5975H6440 him. 9He saidH559 to them, “WhatH4100 adviceH3289 do you giveH3289, so that we may answerH7725H1697 thisH2088 peopleH5971 whoH834 have spokenH1696 to me, sayingH559, ‘LightenH7043 the yokeH5923 whichH834 your fatherH1 putH5414 on us’?” 10And the youngH3206 menH3206 whoH834 had grownH1431 upH1431 with him spokeH1696 to him, sayingH559, “ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 you should sayH559 to thisH2088 peopleH5971 whoH834 spokeH1696 to you, sayingH559: ‘Your fatherH1 madeH3513 our yokeH5923 heavyH3513, now you makeH7043 it lighterH7043 for us!’ You should speakH1696 thisH3541 wayH3541 to them: ‘My littleH6995 fingerH6995 is thickerH5666 thanH4480 my father’sH1 waistH4975! 11NowH6258 then, my fatherH1 loadedH6006 you with a heavyH3515 yokeH5923; yet I will addH3254 to your yokeH5923. My fatherH1 disciplinedH3256 you with whipsH7752, but I will disciplineH3256 you with 2scorpionsH6137!’”

12Then JeroboamH3379 and allH3605 the peopleH5971 cameH935 to RehoboamH7346 on the thirdH7992 dayH3117, justH3512 asH3512 the kingH4428 had 3directedH1696, sayingH559, “4ReturnH7725 to me on the thirdH7992 dayH3117.” 13And the kingH4428 answeredH6030 the peopleH5971 harshlyH7186, for he ignoredH5800 the adviceH6098 of the eldersH2205 whichH834 they had 5givenH3289 him, 14and he spokeH1696 to them according to the adviceH6098 of the youngH3206 menH3206, sayingH559, “6My fatherH1 madeH3513 your yokeH5923 heavyH3513, but I will addH3254 to your yokeH5923; my fatherH1 disciplinedH3256 you with whipsH7752, but I will disciplineH3256 you with 7scorpionsH6137!” 15So the kingH4428 did not listenH8085 to the peopleH5971; 8becauseH3588 it was 9a turnH5438 ofH5438 eventsH5438 from the LordH3068, 10inH4616 orderH4616 toH4616 establishH6965 His wordH1697 whichH834 the LordH3068 spokeH1696 throughH3027 AhijahH281 the ShiloniteH7888 to JeroboamH3379 the sonH1121 of NebatH5028.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 12:8 Lit who stood before ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 12:11 Prob. a brutal type of whip ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 12:12 Lit spoken ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 12:12 1 Kin 12:5 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 12:13 Lit advised ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 12:14 Ex 1:13, 14; 5:5-9, 16-18 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Kings 12:14 See note v 11 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Kings 12:15 Deut 2:30; Judg 14:4; 1 Kin 12:24; 2 Chr 10:15 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Kings 12:15 Or the providence of the Lord ↩
  10. 10. 1 Kings 12:15 1 Kin 11:11, 31 ↩

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