1 Kings 12:9

The Scriptures 1998

And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Say this to this people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us.’ Say this to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

1 Kings 12:8

But he ignored the advice the elders gave him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

2 Chronicles 10:9

And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”