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1 Kings 12:9
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9 He asked them, “How do you advise me[a] to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”[b]

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  1. 1 Kings 12:9 tn In the Hebrew text the verb “we will respond” is plural, although it can be understood as an editorial “we.” The ancient versions have the singular here.
  2. 1 Kings 12:9 tn Heb “Lighten the yoke which your father placed on us.”
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1 Kings 12:9
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9 He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

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