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2 Chronicles 10:9

7 They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

10 The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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.’”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
KJV
And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
WEB
He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may give an answer to these people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter’?”
ASV
And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?
DARBY
And he said to them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me saying, Lighten the yoke which thy father put upon us?
BLB
And he said to them, “What do you⁺ counsel, and how should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten from the yoke that your father gave to us’?”
ÅB
Han spurte dem: Hva råder dere til at vi skal svare dette folk som har sagt til meg: Lett det åk din far la på oss?
OTB
Så han sa til dem: “Hvilket råd gir dere, at vi skal svare dette folket som har talt til meg og sagt: ‘Let vårt åk som din far la på oss’?”
B1930
Han spurte dem: Hvad råder I til at vi skal svare dette folk som har sagt til mig: Lett det åk din far la på oss?

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 10:6

    Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:5–6

    Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

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  • 1 Kings 22:6–8

    So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

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