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But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you should speak to the people who have spoken to you, saying, "Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us'--thus you shall say to them: "My little finger shall be thicker than my father's waist!

And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!' " [fn]

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, "My father 2 Chronicles 10:10 and 1 Kings 12:14); Masoretic Text reads I.">[fn] made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!" [fn]

But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was in charge of revenue; but the children of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.

But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

Now when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, "They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance. My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken Him; and the priests who minister to the LORD are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

And they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense; they also set the showbread in order on the pure gold table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps to burn every evening; for we keep the command of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken Him.

But Jeroboam caused an ambush to go around behind them; so they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

But Abijah grew mighty, married fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him: "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

but when in their trouble they turned to the LORD God of Israel, and sought Him, He was found by them.

And in those times there was no peace to the one who went out, nor to the one who came in, but great turmoil was on all the inhabitants of the lands.

But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!"

But the high places were not removed from Israel. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was loyal all his days.

And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady was severe; yet in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but the physicians.

but sought the God [fn] of his father, and walked in His commandments and not according to the acts of Israel.

But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not still a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of Him?" [fn]