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1 Kings 12:4

Though Solomon may have been the wisest man who ever lived, his many extensive building projects placed a heavy burden of servitude on the people, and they had had enough. Notice that the people did not ask Rehoboam to remove the load, just lighten it a bit so that they could handle it. It was not an unreasonable request.

When the people had first asked for a king more than a century before this, God had warned them that this would happen. That story is told in I Samuel 8, and in verses 11-18, Samuel tells them that the king would take all the good things for himself and make them his servants. Nevertheless, the people wanted a king "like all the nations" (verse 19-20), so God gave them one. We should always be careful what we ask for; we might just get it.

Ronny H. Graham
Take My Yoke Upon You

Related Topics: Burden | Burden of Servitude | Loose from Burdens | Rehoboam | Rehoboam's Taxation | Relief from Burdens | Relieving Burdens | Yoke

Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing 1 Kings 12:4:

Deuteronomy 17:17
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