Poibnts To Ponder 08/18/2013

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POINTS TO PONDER:
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Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself forcefully.
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BIBLE QUIZ: 
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Old Testament/Stories of Solomon and the kings who followed him (I Kings 12:1 ff)

. . . Then Rehoboam (Solomon’s son) went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. Now it came about when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard {of it,} that he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon). Then they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, "Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you." Then he said to them, "Depart for three days, then return to me." So the people departed. And King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel me to answer this people?" Then they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people today, will serve them, grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.". . . .

Did Rehoboam listen to the wise counsel of the elders of his father Solomon?

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