2 Chronicles 10:8

But he set aside the counsel of the elders, and he began to have discussion with the youth, who had been raised with him and who were among his companions.

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In The King James Version

But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

In Context

7And they said to him, “If you please this people, and if you soothe them with words of clemency, they will be your servants for all days.”

9And he said to them: “How does it seem to you? Or how should I respond to this people, who have said to me, ‘Lift up the yoke that your father imposed upon us?’”

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:15For this reason, the Lord became angry against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who would say to him, “Why have you adored gods who did not free their own people from your hand?”

Proverbs 9:9Present an opportunity to the wise, and wisdom shall be added to him. Teach the just, and he will hurry to receive it.

Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and take up discipline, so that you may be wise in your latter days.

Proverbs 27:10Do not dismiss your friend or your father’s friend. And do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your affliction. A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, the land whose king is a boy, and whose princes consume in the morning.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 10:2-12

Rehoboam Succeeds Solomon. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his… Read the whole commentary →

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