1 Kings 12:4
Thy father made our yoke grieuous: now therefore make thou the grieuous seruitude of thy father, and his sore yoke which he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
5And he said vnto them, Depart yet for three dayes, then come againe to me. And the people departed.
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:17He will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.
1 Kings 4:20Iudah and Israel were many, as the sand of the sea in number, eating, drinking, and making merry.
1 Kings 9:22But of the children of Israel did Salomon make no bondmen: but they were men of warre and his seruants, and his princes, and his captaines, and rulers of his charets and his horsemen.
Matthew 11:29Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.
1 John 5:3For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements: and his commandements are not burdenous.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 12:2-16
The Folly of Rehoboam. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his… Read the whole commentary →