10:13a And the king answered them harshly.

Then King Rehoboam spoke to them with hard words.
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King Rehoboam did not speak to them in a kind way.

10:13b King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders

He ignored the counsel of the elders
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He did not listen to what the older men told him.

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