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And they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam,
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"Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you."
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He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.
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Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, "How do you advise me to answer this people?"
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And they said to him, "If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
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