And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may answer this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us, lighter?

10 And the young men that were brought up with him, spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter for us: thus shalt thou say unto them, My [a]least part shall be bigger than my father’s loins.

11 Now whereas my father did burden you with a grievous yoke, I will yet increase your yoke: my father hath chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with [b]scourges.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 10:10 Or, little finger, meaning that he was of far greater power, than was his father.
  2. 2 Chronicles 10:11 Or, scorpions.

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