1 Kings 12:9

New English Translation

⁹He asked them, “How do you advise me^[a] to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”^[b]

1 Kings 12:9 tn In the Hebrew text the verb “we will respond” is plural, although it can be understood as an editorial “we.” The ancient versions have the singular here.
1 Kings 12:9 tn Heb “Lighten the yoke which your father placed on us.”

1 Kings 12:9

Lexham English Bible

⁹He 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.’”

⁹He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

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