1 Kings 12:6
4 “Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
5 Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
7 They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
- KJV
- And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
- WEB
- King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to answer these people?”
- ASV
- 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?
- DARBY
- And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, How do ye advise to return answer to this people?
- BLB
- And King Rehoboam counseled with the elders who had been standing before Solomon his father while he still lived, and he said, “How do you⁺ counsel [me] to return an answer to this people?”
- ÅB
- Og kong Rehabeam rådførte seg med de gamle, som hadde gjort tjeneste hos hans far Salomo, mens han enda levde, og han sa: Hva råder dere meg til å svare dette folk?
- OTB
- Da rådførte kong Rehabeam seg med de eldste som hadde tjent hans far Salomo mens han ennå levde, og sa: "Hvordan råder dere meg til å svare dette folket?"
- B1930
- Og kong Rehabeam rådførte sig med de gamle, som hadde gjort tjeneste hos hans far Salomo, mens han ennu levde, og han sa: Hvad råder I mig til å svare dette folk?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 32:7
I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
Read in contextJob 12:12
Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Read in contextProverbs 27:10
Do 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.
Read in context2 Samuel 17:5
Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
Read in context1 Kings 4:2
and these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest;
Read in context2 Samuel 16:20
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
Read in contextJeremiah 42:2–5
Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
Read in contextJeremiah 43:2
Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
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