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1 Kings 12:6-8
Lexham English Bible
1 Kings 12:6-8
Lexham English Bible
Rehoboam Seeks Counsel to Respond
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who had been serving[a] before Solomon his father when he was alive, saying, “How are you advising me to answer this people?”[b] 7 They said to him, “If you will be a servant today to this people, then you will serve them; and if you answer them and speak good words to them, they will always be your servants.” 8 But he rejected the advice of the old men, which they gave him, and he consulted with the youngsters who had grown up with him, who were serving[c] before him.
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- 1 Kings 12:6 Literally “standing”
- 1 Kings 12:6 Literally “to return a word to this people”
- 1 Kings 12:8 Literally “standing”
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