1 Kings 12:4

New International Version

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:3

So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:

1 Kings 4:7

Solomon had twelve district governors over all Israel, who supplied provisions for the king and the royal household. Each one had to provide supplies for one month in the year.

1 Kings 9:15

Here is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

1 John 5:3

In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,