2 Chronicles 10:8

But Rehoboam ignored the advice of the old men that they had given him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

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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 spoke to him and said, “If you are good to this people and please them, and say good words to them, then they will always be your servants.”

9He said to them, “What advice do you give me, so that we may answer the people who spoke to me and said, 'Lighten the yoke that your father put on us'?”

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:15So Yahweh's anger was kindled against Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why have you sought after the gods of a people who did not even save their own people from your hand?”

Proverbs 9:9Give to a wise person, and he will become even wiser; 1 teach a righteous person, and he will add to his learning. 1

Proverbs 19:20Listen to advice and accept instruction, 1 so you may become wise by the end of your life. 1

Proverbs 27:10Do not forsake your friend and your friend's father, 1 and do not go to your brother's house on the day of your calamity. 1 Better is a neighbor who is nearby than a brother who is far away. 1

Ecclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, land, if your king is a young boy, 2 and if your leaders begin feasting in the morning! 1

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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