2 Chronicles 10:6
Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men who had been standing before Solomon his father, while he yet lived, saying,—How do, ye, counsel to return answer unto this people?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5And he said unto them, Yet three days, and then return unto me,—and the people departed.
Cross References
2 Samuel 17:5Then said Absolom, I pray you, call ye Hushai the Archite also,—and let us hear what is in, his, mouth, also.
Job 12:12In the Ancient, is wisdom, and [in] Length of Days, understanding:
Proverbs 12:15The way of the foolish, is right in his own eyes, but, he that hearkeneth to counsel, is wise.
Proverbs 27:10Thine own friend and thy father’s friend, do not thou forsake; but, the house of thy brother, do not enter, in thy day of calamity, Better a neighbour near, than a brother far off.
Jeremiah 42:20For ye have deceived yourselves at the cost of your lives, for, ye yourselves, sent me unto Yahweh your God, saying,—Pray thou in our behalf, unto Yahweh our God,—and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so, tell 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 →