Graphic Bible · Scene 4 of 19
1 Kings 12:6-7
The elders advise service
The Kingdom Divides · 1 Kings 12
Story guide: Rehoboam listens as Solomon's older advisers urge him to serve the people and answer them kindly; the number and appearance of the elders are not given in the passage.
Open this scene in the reader →6Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive. He asked, “What answer do you advise me to give these people?”
7They replied, “If today you become a servant to these people, serve them, and give them a favorable answer, they will be your servants all your days.”
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