1 Kings 12:9

Easy To Read Version

Rehoboam said, “The people said, ‘Give us easier work than your father gave us.’ How do you think I should answer these people? What should I tell them?”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

The king’s young friends said, “Those people came to you and said, ‘Your father forced us to work very hard. Now make our work easier.’ So you should {brag and} tell them, ‘My little finger is stronger than my father’s whole body.

1 Kings 12:8

But Rehoboam did not listen to this advice. He asked the young men that were his friends.

2 Chronicles 10:9

Rehoboam said to them, “What advice do you give me? How should we answer those people? They asked me to make their work easier. And they want me to make the weight lighter that my father put on them.”