2Chronicles:10:1-11

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* And Rehoboam went to Shechem , for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king . * And it happened , when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard , he being in Egypt because he had fled from the face of Solomon the king , Jeroboam returned from Egypt . * And they sent and called for him . And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam , saying , * Your father made our yoke hard ; and now lighten the hard service of your father , and his heavy yoke that he put on us , and we shall serve you . * And he said to them , Come again to me in three days ; and the people left . * And king Rehoboam consulted with the aged men who had stood before his father Solomon when he was alive , saying , How do you advise to answer this people a word ? * And they spoke to him , saying , If you will be good to this people , and will please them , and will speak good words to them , then they will be your servants forever . * But he left the counsel of the aged men who had advised him , and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him , those standing before him . * And he said to them , What do you advise that we shall answer this people that have spoken to me , saying , Lighten the yoke that your father put on us ? * And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him , saying , You shall say this to the people who have spoken to you , saying , Your father made our yoke heavy , and you lighten our yoke , this you shall say to them , My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father ; * and now , my father laid a heavy yoke on you , and I will surely add to your yoke ; my father chastised you with whips , and I with scorpions .

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