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1 Kings 12:7

They said, "If you will be a servant to these people today and serve them, and if you answer them with kind words, then they will be your servants forever."

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Previous · 1 Kings 12:6Then King Rehoboam asked the elders for advice. They had served his father Solomon while he was alive. "How do you advise me to answer these people?" he asked. Next · 1 Kings 12:8But Rehoboam turned down the elders' advice. Instead, he asked the young men for advice. They had grown up with him and now served him.