en_tn/1ki/12/03.md

called him

Here the word "him" refers to Jeroboam.

made our yoke heavy

A heavy yoke is a metaphor for very difficult labor and requirements. AT: "treated us cruelly" or "forced us to work very hard" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/send
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/call
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/assembly
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/yoke
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/works
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serve