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So they summoned him. Then Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam:
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"Your father made our yoke harsh. Therefore, lighten your father's harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."
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Rehoboam replied, "Return to me in three days." So the people left.
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Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, "How do you advise me to respond to this people?"
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They replied, "If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever."