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1 Kings 12

1 Kings 12:9

Rebellion against Rehoboam · 1 Kings 12:1–15
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Translations

Modern
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
Traditional
And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
Literal
And he said to them, “What do you counsel that we should return as an answer to this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten of the yoke that your father put on us’?”
Latin
…dixitque ad eos: Quod mihi datis consilium, ut respondeam populo huic, qui dixerunt mihi: Levius fac jugum quod imposuit pater tuus super nos?

Original

Hebrew
English
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

Notes

1 Kings 12:8–10

young men: Rehoboam's peers took a strict stance and advised against the older men's suggestions.

Parallels

2 Chronicles 10:1–15

Glossary

Adoniram Jeroboam Judaism Kings, Books of First and Second Palace Taskmaster Warfare Yoke

Topics

Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Rehoboam Counsel by Rehoboam Fellowship: The Evil of Fellowship with the Wicked Exemplified by Rehoboam Government: God In in Dividing the Jewish Nation Into Two Different Countries Government: Monarchical by Solomon Jeroboam: Recalled from Egypt by the Ten Tribes on Account of Disaffection Toward Rehoboam Kings: Who Reigned Over all Israel: Rehoboam (First Part of his Reign) Petition: Rehoboam Rashness: Rehoboam, in Forsaking the Counsel of the Old Men Rehoboam: Refuses to Reform Abuses Revolt of the Ten Tribes Rulers: Wicked: Rehoboam, Making the Yoke Heavy Young Men: General Scriptures Concerning