2 Chronicles 10:1
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2 Chr 10:2
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When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard {of it} (for he was in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
2 Chr 10:3
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So they sent and summoned him. When Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
2 Chr 10:4
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"Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you."
2 Chr 10:5
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He said to them, "Return to me again in three days." So the people departed.
2 Chr 10:6
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Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel {me} to answer this people?"
2 Chr 10:7
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They spoke to him, saying, "If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
2 Chr 10:8
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But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him.
2 Chr 10:9
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So he said to them, "What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, `Lighten the yoke which your father put on us'?"
2 Chr 10:10
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The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, `Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us.' Thus you shall say to them, `My little finger is thicker than my father's loins!
2 Chr 10:11
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~`Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I {will discipline you} with scorpions."'
2 Chr 10:12
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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day."
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