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10 The young men who had grown up with him answered, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is heavier than my father’s whole body.[a] 11 If my father put a heavy burden on you, I will add to it. If my father punished you with whips, I will punish you with scorpions.’”

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came back to Rehoboam two days later, as the king had instructed them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 12:10 Hebrew meaning uncertain.

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