2 Chronicles 10:6
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: 'Come again unto me after three days.' And the people departed.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:5Then said Absalom: 'Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.'
Job 12:12Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool is straight in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
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 42:20For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying: Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it;
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 →