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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 that he placed 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 older men who had attended his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you advise me to answer this people?"
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They answered him, "If you will be kind to this people and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."