1 Kings 12:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now, therefore, lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke that he placed on us, and we will serve you.”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:3

And they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,

1 Kings 4:7

Solomon had twelve officials over all Israel who provided food for the king and his household; each one had to make provision for one month in the year.

1 Kings 9:15

This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the Lord and his own house, the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, Gezer

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others, but they themselves are unwilling to lift a finger to move them.

1 John 5:3

For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,