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King Rehoboam asked the older leaders who had advised Solomon during his lifetime, "How do you think I should answer these people?"
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They answered, "Be kind to these people. If you please them and give them a kind answer, they will serve you always."
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But Rehoboam rejected this advice. Instead, he asked the young men who had grown up with him and who served as his advisers.
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Rehoboam asked them, "What is your advice? How should we answer these people who said, 'Don't make us work as hard as your father did'?"
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The young men who had grown up with him answered, "The people said to you, 'Your father forced us to work very hard. Now make our work easier.' You should tell them, 'My little finger is bigger than my father's legs.