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1 Kings 12:13
13The king answered the people harshly. He rejected the counsel the elders had given him,
1 Kings 12:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
- New International Version (NIV)The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;
Context of 1 Kings 12:13
11So now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and as for me, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but as for me, I will chastise you with scorpions.’” 12Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king told them, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.” The king answered the people harshly. He rejected the counsel the elders had given him, 14and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.” 15So the king did not listen to the people. For it was a turn of events from Adonai fulfilling His word, which Adonai spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
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וַיַּ֧עַן הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם קָשָׁ֑ה וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב אֶת־עֲצַ֥ת הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְעָצֻֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Kings 12:13
- 1 Kings 20:6Now I will send my servants to you tomorrow at this time, and they shall search your palace and the houses of your courtiers. Whatever is valuable in your eyes, they shall seize in their hand and take it away.”
- Genesis 42:7Then Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with faces to the ground. When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he made himself unrecognizable to them. Then he spoke harshly and said to them, “Where have you come from?” “From the land of Canaan,” they said, “to buy grain as food.”
- Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh said, “Who is Adonai, that I should listen to His voice and let Israel go? I do not know Adonai, and besides, I will not let Israel go.”
- Exodus 10:28So Pharaoh said to him, “Go away from me! Take heed never to see my face again, because on the day you do, you will die!”
- Judges 12:1Then the men of Ephraim were summoned and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the children of Ammon without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.”
- 1 Samuel 20:10Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
- 1 Samuel 25:10But Nabal answered David’s servants by saying, “Who is David? And who is Jesse’s son? Nowadays there are many slaves each running away from his master.
- 2 Samuel 19:43Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is our close relative. So why are you angry over this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king’s cost? Or has he given us any gifts?”
- Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Proverbs 18:23The poor request favor, but the rich answer harshly.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but the lips of a fool destroy him.
- James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, not hypocritical.
- Genesis 16:6Abram said to Sarai, “Look! Your slave-girl is in your hand. Do to her what is good in your eyes.” So Sarai afflicted her, and she fled from her presence.
- Proverbs 13:20He who walks with wise men is wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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