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1 Kings 12:8-10
Evangelical Heritage Version
1 Kings 12:8-10
Evangelical Heritage Version
8 But he rejected the advice which the old men offered him. Instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. 9 He said to them, “What answer do you advise that we should give to these people who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father laid on us’?”
10 The young men who had grown up with him said, “This is what you should say to this people who said to you, ‘Your father laid a heavy yoke on us. Now lighten our yoke.’ Tell them this: ‘My little finger[a] is thicker than my father’s waist.[b]
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- 1 Kings 12:10 Literally my little one
- 1 Kings 12:10 Or thighs
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