ESV Reformation Study Bible – 1 Kings 12:8
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1 Kings 12:8

12:8 the young men. These young advisers, like Rehoboam himself, had grown up in the royal court. Apparently they thought that Rehoboam’s privileges were inalienable like those of an oriental monarch.