unfoldingWord_en_tn/1ki/12/09.md

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Lighten the yoke that your father put on us

To "lighten the yoke" is a metaphor to represent lifting of the burden. Alternate translation: "Do not treat us as cruelly as your father did" or "Do not force us to work as hard as your father did" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)