1 Kings 12:9

Contemporary English Version 1995

He asked, “What do you think I should say to these people who asked me to make their work easier?”

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He asked, “What do you think I should say to these people who asked me to make their work easier?”

But Rehoboam refused their advice and went to the younger men who had grown up with him and were now his officials.

His younger advisors said: Here's what we think you should say to them: “Compared to me, my father was weak.