And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders Cross References 1 Kings 12:12 After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, "Come back to me on the third day." 1 Kings 12:14 and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, "Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions." Proverbs 18:23 The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly. Ecclesiastes 2:19 And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile. Treasury of Scripture And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; answered 1 Kings 20:6-11 Genesis 42:7,30 Exodus 5:2 roughly [heb] hardly Genesis 16:6 forsook Proverbs 13:20 |