1 Kings 12:4 BSB — MannaFest

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16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָבִ֖יךָ	'a.Vi.kha	father your	H1 →
הִקְשָׁ֣ה	hik.Shah	he made hard	H7185 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֻלֵּ֑נוּ	'u.Le.nu	yoke our	H5923 →
וְאַתָּ֡ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
עַתָּ֣ה	'a.Tah	now	H6258 →
הָקֵל֩	ha.Kel	lighten	H7043 →
מֵעֲבֹדַ֨ת	me.'a.vo.Dat	some of [the] service of	H5656 →
אָבִ֜יךָ	'a.Vi.kha	father your	H1 →
הַקָּשָׁ֗ה	ha.ka.Shah	<the> hard	H7186 →
וּמֵעֻלּ֧וֹ	u.me.'u.Lo	and some of yoke his	H5923 →
הַכָּבֵ֛ד	ha.ka.Ved	<the> heavy	H3515 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
נָתַ֥ן	na.Tan	he put	H5414 →
עָלֵ֖ינוּ	'a.Lei.nu	on us	H5921 →
וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃	ve.na.'av.De.ka	and we will serve you	H5647 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Matthew 23:4
They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
leads to
- Luke 11:46
  “Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “You weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.
- Acts 15:10
  Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
- Galatians 6:13
  For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.
- Matthew 11:28–30
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Matthew 23:23
  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced…
Through
1 Kings 4:7
Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 27:1–15
  This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Samuel 8:11–18He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.1 Kings 4:7Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,Matthew 11:29–30Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.1 Kings 4:20–25The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.Matthew 23:4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.2 Chronicles 10:4–5“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,1 Kings 9:22–23But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.1 Kings 9:15This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.2 Chronicles 10:4“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”1 Samuel 8:11He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.

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