1 Kings 12:9

New American Bible - revised edition

He said to them, “What answer do you advise that we should give this people, who have told me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father imposed on us’?”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is what you must say to this people who have told you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy; you lighten it for us.’ You must say, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

1 Kings 12:8

But he ignored the advice the elders had given him, and asked advice of the young men who had grown up with him and were in his service.

2 Chronicles 10:9

He said to them, “What answer do you advise us to give this people, who have told me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father imposed on us’?”