1 Kings 12:4

The English Standar Version

"Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke 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 officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year.

1 Kings 9:15

And this is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the LORD and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear,[1] and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.

1 John 5:3

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