1 Kings 12:6-15 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do you advise that I may answer this people?

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6 H4428 And king H7346 Rehoboam H3289 consulted H2205 with the old H5975 men, that stood H854 before H6440 H8010 Solomon H1 his father H2416 while he yet lived, H559 and said, H349 How H3289 do you advise H7725 that I may answer H1697 H2088 this H5971 people?

7 H1696 And they spoke H559 to him, saying, H518 If H5650 you will be a servant H2088 to this H5971 people H2088 this H3117 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 H3605 for ever. H3117

8 H5800 But he forsook H6098 the counsel H2205 of the old H834 men, which H3289 they had given H3289 him, and consulted H3206 with the young H1431 men that were grown H834 up with him, and which H5975 stood H6440 before him:

9 H559 And he said H4100 to them, What H3289 counsel H7725 give you that we may answer H1697 H2088 this H5971 people, H834 who H1696 have spoken H559 to me, saying, H5923 Make the yoke H834 which H1 your father H5414 did put H7043 on us lighter?

10 H3206 And the young H1431 men that were grown H1696 up with him spoke H559 to him, saying, H3541 Thus H559 shall you speak H2088 to this H5971 people H1696 that spoke H559 to you, saying, H1 Your father H5923 made our yoke H3513 heavy, H7043 but make you it lighter H3541 to us; thus H1696 shall you say H6996 to them, My little H5666 finger shall be thicker H1 than my father’s H4975 loins.

11 H6258 And now H1 whereas my father H6006 did lade H3515 you with a heavy H5923 yoke, H3254 I will add H5923 to your yoke: H1 my father H3256 has chastised H7752 you with whips, H3256 but I will chastise H6137 you with scorpions.

12 H3379 So Jeroboam H3605 and all H5971 the people H935 came H7346 to Rehoboam H7992 the third H3117 day, H4428 as the king H1696 had appointed, H559 saying, H7725 Come H7725 to me again H7992 the third H3117 day.

13 H4428 And the king H6030 answered H5971 the people H7186 roughly, H5800 and forsook H2205 the old H6098 men’s counsel H3289 that they gave him;

14 H1696 And spoke H6098 to them after the counsel H3206 of the young H559 men, saying, H1 My father H5923 made your yoke H3513 heavy, H3254 and I will add H5923 to your yoke: H1 my father H3256 also chastised H7752 you with whips, H3256 but I will chastise H6137 you with scorpions.

15 H4428 Why the king H8085 listened H5971 not to the people; H5438 for the cause H3068 was from the LORD, H6965 that he might perform H1697 his saying, H834 which H3068 the LORD H1696 spoke H281 by Ahijah H7888 the Shilonite H3379 to Jeroboam H1121 the son H5028 of Nebat.