1 Kings 12:9
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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Gill's Exposition
And he said unto them, what counsel give ye, that we may answer this people, saying,.... See Gill on Kg1 12:4.
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1 Kings 12:10
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kg1 12:10And the young men that were grown up with…
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
that we may answer Better, -may return answer" as the words are precisely those of 1Ki 12:6. It is noteworthy that Rehoboam includes the young counsellors with himself and says -we" when he speaks to…
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