Sinai1 Kings 12:7
American Standard Version
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
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1 Kings 12:7 in other translations
They replied, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”
1 Kings 12:7 in context
- 5And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
- 6And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
- 7And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
- 8But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.
- 9And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?