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They replied, “If you will deal kindly with this people and please them, giving them a favorable reply, they will be your servants forever.” But he ignored the advice the elders had given him and asked advice of the young men who had grown up with him and were in his service. He said to them, “What answer do you advise us to give this people, who have told me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father imposed on us’?”

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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.”

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. 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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