8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
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But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.
9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
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He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”