Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Kings 12:13
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And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
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And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
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The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
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And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
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1 Kings 12
11 Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”
12 After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
13 And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
14 and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
15 So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
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