12:9a He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back

He said to them,“What advice can/do you give to me?
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He asked them to advise him on

12:9b to these people who have spoken to me, saying,

What should we(incl.) answer/tell these people? They are saying to me,
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how to answer the people ⌊of Israel⌋.

12:9c ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

‘Lessen/Reduce (sing) the yoke/burden ⌊of work⌋ that your father ⌊Solomon⌋ placed on us!’”
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He explained/said that the people had complained about the work that his father had given them. They were asking him to give them less/little work.

12:9a-c (reordered)

He said to them, “These people are asking me to remove some of the ⌊work⌋ load that my father put/forced on them. What response/answer do you advise me to give them?”

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