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king Roboam asked advice first of the older men that had been courtiers in the life-time of his father, king Solomon; what answer should he make to the people? (1 Kings 12, 6)
How think you, he asked, I should make answer to the people’s request, that I would lighten the yoke my father laid on them? (1 Kings 12, 9)
And these, men of his own upbringing, gave him advice in their turn. Do they complain that thy father laid a heavy yoke on them, and ask for relief? Then tell them there is more strength in thy little finger than in all the breadth of thy father’s back; (1 Kings 12, 10)
if his yoke fell heavy on them, thine shall be heavier still; if thy father’s weapon was the lash, thine shall be the scorpion.✻ (1 Kings 12, 11)
with such words as the younger men had prescribed to him. If my father’s yoke fell heavy on you, he told them, mine shall be heavier still; if his weapon was the lash, mine shall be the scorpion. (1 Kings 12, 14)
Whereupon their father asked what road he had taken, this prophet from Juda; and when he had found out this from his sons, (1 Kings 13, 12)
Everywhere he followed the sinful example his father had set him, unworthy heir of David, that ever kept faith with the Lord his God. (1 Kings 15, 3)
and he enriched the Lord’s house with gold and silver and other offerings for its use, some dedicated by his father and some in performance of his own vows. (1 Kings 15, 15)
There is an alliance between us, he said, inherited from thy father and mine; witness these gifts of silver and gold I send thee. Do thou annul the treaty thou hast made with Baasa, king of Israel, and help me drive him out of my country. (1 Kings 15, 19)
he defied the Lord’s will, following the evil example of his father, that sinned and taught Israel to sin. (1 Kings 15, 26)
Nay, answered he, if Israel finds no rest, the fault lies not with me, but with thee and with thy father’s race, that have neglected the Lord’s command, and betaken yourselves to the gods of the country-side. (1 Kings 18, 18)
There and then he left his oxen behind, and ran after Elias; Give me leave, he said, to embrace father and mother in parting. Back home with thee, said Elias; I have but fulfilled my errand. (1 Kings 19, 20)
