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So they sent and summoned him. When Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
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"Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you."
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He said to them, "Return to me again in three days." So the people departed.
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Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel me to answer this people?"
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They spoke to him, saying, "If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever ."