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2 Chronicles 10:7-9
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 Chronicles 10:7-9
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
7 And they answered him, If you are kind to [these] people and please them and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever.
8 But the king forsook the counsel which the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who were brought up with him and stood before him.
9 And he said to them, What answer do you advise that we give to the demand of [these] people, Make the yoke your father put upon us lighter?
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2 Chronicles 10:7-9
New International Version
2 Chronicles 10:7-9
New International Version
7 They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favorable answer,(A) they will always be your servants.”
8 But Rehoboam rejected(B) the advice the elders(C) gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. 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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