1 Kings 12:14-16

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¹⁴He spoke to them as the young men advised him: “My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.”

¹⁵The king did not listen to the people, because this turn of events was from the Lord, in order to fulfill his word, which the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah from Shiloh.

¹⁶All Israel saw that the king had not listened to them. So the people answered the king:

What share do we have in David?

No portion in the son of Jesse!

To your tents, Israel!

Now look after your own house, David!

So Israel went to their tents.^[a]

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1 Kings 12:16 Go to their tents is a common idiom for go home. It does not imply that they all lived in tents.

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1 Kings 12:14-16

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