1 Kings 12:6
And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying: 'What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
5And he said unto them: 'Depart yet for three days, then come again to me.' And the people departed.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:20Then said Absalom to Ahithophel: 'Give your counsel what we shall do.'
1 Kings 4:2And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
Job 12:12Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —
Proverbs 27:10Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity; better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Jeremiah 43:2then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah: 'Thou speakest falsely; the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say: Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 12:2-16
The Folly of Rehoboam. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his… Read the whole commentary →