1 Kings 12:9
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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?He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
In other translations
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?He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413מָהmahwhat?H4100אַתֶּם'atem[are] youH859נוֹעָצִיםno'atzimcounselingH3289וְנָשִׁיבvenashivand we may bring backH7725דָּבָרdavarwordH1697אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834דִּבְּרוּdiberuthey have spokenH1696אֵלַי'elaito meH413לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559הָקֵלhakellightenH7043מִן־min-some ofH4480הָעֹלha'olthe yokeH5923אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834נָתַןnatanhe putH5414אָבִיךָ'avikhafather yourH1עָלֵינוּ׃'aleinuon usH5921
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- 2 Chronicles 18:5-75 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth–gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king’s hand. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him? 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.5 So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.” 6 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?” 7 The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
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