1 Kings 12:6-15 and sovereign Rechab Am counsels with the elders who had stood at the face of Shelomoh his father while he yet lived, saying, How counsel you, that I return word to this people?

ECB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ and sovereign Rechab Am counsels with the elders who had stood at the face of Shelomoh his father while he yet lived, saying, How counsel you, that I return word to this people? ⁷ And they word to him, saying, If you are a servant to this people this day and serve them and answer them and word good words to them, then they become your servants all days. ⁸ And he forsakes the counsel the elders counsel him; and counsels with the children who grew up with him - who stand at his face: ⁹ and he says to them, What counsel give you that we return word to this people, who word to me, saying, Swiften the yoke your father gave on us? ¹⁰ And the children who grew up with him word to him, saying, Say thus to this people who word to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but swiften it to us - word to them thus, My pinky is thicker than the loins of my father! ¹¹ And now, whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I add to your yoke: my father disciplined you with whips; and I - I discipline you with scorpions. ¹² So Yarob Am and all the people come to Rechab Am the third day as the sovereign worded, saying, Return to me the third day: ¹³ and the sovereign answers the people hard and forsakes the counsel the elders counsel him; ¹⁴ and words to them after the counsel of the children, saying, My father made your yoke heavy and I - I add to your yoke: my father disciplined you with whips, and I - I discipline you with scorpions. ¹⁵ And the sovereign hearkens not to the people; for the revolution is from Yah Veh to raise his word which Yah Veh worded by the hand of Achiy Yah the Shilohiy to Yarob Am the son of Nebat.