But he left the counsel of the old men which they had advised him, and talked with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, So shall you speak to this people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us, so you shall say to them: My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

For they also built high places for themselves, and images, and Asherahs, on every high hill and under every green tree.