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13 And the king answered them harshly, forsaking the counsel of the old men,

14 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

15 So the king did not heed the people, for it was [a]brought about of God, that the Lord might perform His word which He spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 10:15 God permitted the revolt of the northern tribes, intending it as a punishment of the house of David for Solomon’s apostasy (Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown, A Commentary).

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