13 Then the king answered the people [a]roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him; 14 and he spoke to them according to the advice 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 [b]scourges!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:13 harshly
  2. 1 Kings 12:14 Lit. scorpions

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