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1 Kings 12:13-15
English Standard Version Anglicised
1 Kings 12:13-15
English Standard Version Anglicised
13 And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him, 14 he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, (A)“My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” 15 So the king did not listen to the people, for (B)it was a turn of affairs brought about by the Lord that he might fulfil his word, which (C)the Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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