2 Chronicles 10:8

But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

Berean Standard Bible

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

7They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

9He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:15Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”

Proverbs 9:9Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

Proverbs 27:10Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast 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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