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1 Kings 12

1 Kings 12:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
answered
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
βroughly
qasheh (Hebrew #7186)
severe (in various applications)
KJV usage: churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff((necked)), stubborn, + in trouble.
Pronounce: kaw-sheh'
Origin: from 7185
o, and forsook
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
p the old men’s
zaqen (Hebrew #2205)
old
KJV usage: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
Pronounce: zaw-kane'
Origin: from 2204
counsel
`etsah (Hebrew #6098)
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
KJV usage: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Pronounce: ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
that they gave
ya`ats (Hebrew #3289)
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
KJV usage: advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
Pronounce: yaw-ats'
Origin: a primitive root
him;
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Prov. 10:11,32• 11The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
 32The lips of a righteous man know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness. (Prov. 10:11,32)
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Eccl. 10:12• 12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself. (Eccl. 10:12)
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James 3:17• 17But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned. (James 3:17)
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hardly.
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Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved. (Prov. 13:20)

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1 Kings 20:6‑11• 6but to-morrow about this time I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thy sight, they shall put in their hand and take away.
 7And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeks mischief; for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
 8And all the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, nor consent.
 9And he said to the messengers of Ben-Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I cannot do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
 10And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me!
 11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off! (1 Kings 20:6‑11)
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Gen. 42:7,30• 7And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
 30The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land. (Gen. 42:7,30)
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Ex. 5:2• 2And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, to whose voice I am to hearken to let Israel go? I do not know Jehovah, neither will I let Israel go. (Ex. 5:2)
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Ex. 10:28• 28And Pharaoh said to him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die. (Ex. 10:28)
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Judg. 12:1‑6• 1And the men of Ephraim were called together, and passed over northwards, and said to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with fire.
 2And Jephthah said to them, I was at great strife, I and my people, with the children of Ammon; and I called you, but ye saved me not out of their hand.
 3And when I saw that ye would not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Jehovah gave them into my hand. Why then are ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?
 4And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye, Gilead, ye are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh.
 5And Gilead took the fords of the Jordan before Ephraim; and it came to pass that when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Art thou an Ephraimite? and he said, No.
 6Then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth! and he said, Sibboleth, and did not manage to pronounce it rightly. Then they took him, and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand. (Judg. 12:1‑6)
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1 Sam. 20:10,30‑31• 10Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
 30And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame and to the shame of thy mother's nakedness?
 31For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. And now send and fetch him to me, for he must die. (1 Sam. 20:10,30‑31)
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1 Sam. 25:10‑11• 10And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
 11And shall I take my bread, and my water, and my flesh which I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men whom I know not whence they are? (1 Sam. 25:10‑11)
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2 Sam. 19:43• 43And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, I have ten parts in the king and I have also more right in David than thou; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel. (2 Sam. 19:43)
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Prov. 10:11,32• 11The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
 32The lips of a righteous man know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness. (Prov. 10:11,32)
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Prov. 15:1• 1A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger. (Prov. 15:1)
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Prov. 18:23• 23He that is poor speaketh with supplications, but the rich answereth roughly. (Prov. 18:23)
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Eccl. 10:12• 12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself. (Eccl. 10:12)
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James 3:17• 17But the wisdom from above first is pure, then peaceful, gentle, yielding, full of mercy and good fruits, unquestioning, unfeigned. (James 3:17)
roughly.
Heb. hardly.
Gen. 16:6• 6And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, thy maidservant is in thy hand: do to her what is good in thine eyes. And Sarai oppressed her; and she fled from her face. (Gen. 16:6)
forsook.
Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved. (Prov. 13:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;