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The king embraces the harsh counsel of his young peers, answering the people's plea for relief with a proud and arrogant declaration. He vows not only to maintain their crushing burdens but to constantly increase them out of sheer pride [מצודת דוד].

In delivering this threat, the authentic record of the king's speech is notably abrupt. While one might expect him to explicitly state that his father made their yoke heavy and that he will now add to it, his actual words omit the direct mention of his father's past actions [מנחת שי]. This compressed phrasing can be understood as a shortened warning, meaning that he will oppress the people just as his father did, and then add even more hardship. Alternatively, his statement can be seen as a reflection of his father's original intent. In this view, the king is declaring that his father had already meant to make their burden heavier, and he is now promising to take that harsh plan even further [רד״ק].