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1 Kings 12:13-15
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13 The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men 14 and followed[a] the advice of the younger ones. He said, “My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier.[b] My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.”[c] 15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events[d] so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made[e] through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:14 tn Heb “and spoke to them according to.”
  2. 1 Kings 12:14 tn Heb “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke.”
  3. 1 Kings 12:14 tn Heb “My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.” See the note on the same phrase in v. 11.
  4. 1 Kings 12:15 tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the Lord.”
  5. 1 Kings 12:15 tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the Lord spoke.”
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