2 Chronicles 10:9

New American Bible - revised edition

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’?”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:9

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’?”

2 Chronicles 10:10

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 laid a heavy yoke on us; lighten it for us.’ You must say, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

2 Chronicles 10:6

King Rehoboam asked advice of the elders who had been in his father Solomon’s service while he was still alive, and asked, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”

2 Chronicles 10:8

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.