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1 Kings 12:7-9
Lexham English Bible
1 Kings 12:7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 They said to him, “If you will be a servant today to this people, then you will serve them; and if you answer them and speak good words to them, they will always be your servants.” 8 But he rejected the advice of the old men, which they gave him, and he consulted with the youngsters who had grown up with him, who were serving[a] before him. 9 He said to them, “What are you advising that we should reply to this people who spoke to me by saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us.’”
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- 1 Kings 12:8 Literally “standing”
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