2Chronicles:10:1-11
vw@2Chronicles:10:1 @ And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
vw@2Chronicles:10:2 @ And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it, where he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, that Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
vw@2Chronicles:10:3 @ And they sent for him and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
vw@2Chronicles:10:4 @ Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father and his heavy yoke which he has put on us, and we will serve you.
vw@2Chronicles:10:5 @ So he said to them, Come back to me after three days. And the people departed.
vw@2Chronicles:10:6 @ And King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, saying, How do you advise me to answer these people?
vw@2Chronicles:10:7 @ And they spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to the people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.
vw@2Chronicles:10:8 @ But he rejected the counsel which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
vw@2Chronicles:10:9 @ And he said to them, What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, Lighten the yoke which your father had put on us?
vw@2Chronicles:10:10 @ And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus you should speak to the people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us; thus you shall say to them: My little finger shall be thicker than my fathers loins!
vw@2Chronicles:10:11 @ And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions!
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