My little finger ... - that is, “You shall find my hand heavier on you than my father’s—as much heavier as if my little finger were thicker …

Thus you shall speak. —The advice of the young men—the spoiled children of a magnificent and luxurious despotism, of whic…

Old men are not always wise, and young men are not always wise; he who consults with men only will yet learn the truth of this verse: Cursed be…

And the young men that were grown up with him, spoke to
him, saying
Gave him the foll…

The tribes did not complain to Rehoboam about his father's idolatry and rebellion against God. What was the greatest grievance was no grievance to …