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1 Kings 12:13

PrideAuthority and leadershipWisdomWords and speech

11 Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

12 After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

14 and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

15 So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

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BSB
And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
KJV
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
WEB
The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
ASV
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
DARBY
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;
BLB
And the king answered the people harshly, and he rejected the counsel of the elders that they had counseled him.
ÅB
Da gav kongen folket et hårdt svar - han aktet ikke på det råd som de gamle hadde gitt ham,
OTB
Kongen svarte folket hardt, for han hadde forlatt de eldres råd som de hadde gitt ham,
B1930
Da gav kongen folket et hårdt svar - han aktet ikke på det råd som de gamle hadde gitt ham,

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