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1 Kings 12:10-12
Contemporary English Version
1 Kings 12:10-12
Contemporary English Version
10 His younger advisors said:
Here's what we think you should say to them: “Compared to me, my father was weak.[a] 11 He made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”
12 Three days later, Jeroboam and the others came back.
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- 12.10 Compared … weak: Hebrew “My little finger is bigger than my father's waist.”
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