1 Kings 12:6-11 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, "What counsel do you give me to return answer to this people?"

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6 H4428 King H7346 Rehoboam H3289 took counsel H2205 with the old men, H5975 who had stood H6440 before H8010 Solomon H1 his father H2416 while he yet lived, H559 saying, H3289 "What counsel H7725 do you give me to return H1697 answer H5971 to this people?"

7 H1696 They spoke H559 to him, saying, H5650 "If you will be a servant H5971 to this people H3117 this day, H5647 and will serve H6030 them, and answer H1696 them, and speak H2896 good H1697 words H5650 to them, then they will be your servants H3117 forever."

8 H5800 But he forsook H6098 the counsel H2205 of the old men H3289 which they had given H3289 him, and took counsel H3206 with the young men H1431 who had grown up H5975 with him, who stood H6440 before him.

9 H559 He said H3289 to them, "What counsel do you give, H7725 that we may H1697 return answer H5971 to this people, H1696 who have spoken H559 to me, saying, H7043 ‘Make H5923 the yoke H1 that your father H5414 put H7043 on us lighter?'"

10 H3206 The young men H1431 who had grown up H1696 with him spoke H559 to him, saying, H559 "Thus you shall tell H5971 this people H559 who spoke H559 to you, saying, H1 ‘Your father H3513 made H5923 our yoke H3513 heavy, H7043 but make it lighter H1696 to us;' you shall say H6995 to them, ‘My little H5666 finger is thicker H1 than my father's H4975 waist.

11 H1 Now whereas my father H6006 burdened H3515 you with a heavy H5923 yoke, H3254 I will add H5923 to your yoke: H1 my father H3256 chastised H7752 you with whips, H3256 but I will chastise H6137 you with scorpions.'"