Your father made our yoke hard. And now lighten the hard service of your father, and the heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.
they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had his month in a year to provide food.
And this is the reason of the labor force which King Solomon raised to build the house of Jehovah and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
For they bind heavy and hard-to-carry burdens and lay them on men's shoulders. But they will not move them with one of their fingers.
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.