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1 Kings 12:13

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The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

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1 Kings 12:13 in other translations

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

1 Kings 12:13 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 12:13 in context

  1. 11Now my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’ ”
  2. 12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”
  3. 13The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
  4. 14and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
  5. 15So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.