1 Kings 12:14
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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Gill's Exposition
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people,.... To lessen their taxes, and ease them of their burdens, as they desired:
for the cause was from the Lord; it was according to his will and…
Solomon had 1000 wives and concubines, yet we read but of one son he had to bear up his name, and he a fool. It is said (Hos 4:10), They shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase. Sin is a bad way…
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