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7
|1 Reyes 12:7|
And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.
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8
|1 Reyes 12:8|
But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:
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9
|1 Reyes 12:9|
And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?
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10
|1 Reyes 12:10|
And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;
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11
|1 Reyes 12:11|
If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.
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12
|1 Reyes 12:12|
So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.
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13
|1 Reyes 12:13|
And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;
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14
|1 Reyes 12:14|
But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
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15
|1 Reyes 12:15|
So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.
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16
|1 Reyes 12:16|
And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.
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