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 about how to answer these people?”
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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 about how to answer these people?”
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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?
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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?'
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 10:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 32:7 I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’
- 2 Samuel 16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel what we shall do.”
- 2 Samuel 17:5-6 Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.” When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”
- Job 8:8-9 “Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers. (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)
- Job 12:12-13 With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding. “With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.
- Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.
- Proverbs 19:20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.
- Proverbs 27:10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
- Jeremiah 42:2-5 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes see us; that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.” Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it will happen that whatever thing Yahweh answers you, I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you.” Then they said to Jeremiah, “May Yahweh be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which Yahweh your God sends you to tell us.
- Jeremiah 42:20 For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God says, so declare to us, and we will do it.’
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. stood before] Cp. Deu_1:38; 1Ki_17:1. The phrase is…
6. stood before] Cp. Deu_1:38; 1Ki_17:1. The phrase is used to express service, whether rendered to God or to man.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) Before Solomon.—“Liphnê Sh’lomoh” the common formula for “‘eth-p’nê…
(6) Before Solomon.—“Liphnê Sh’lomoh” the common formula for “‘eth-p’nê Sh’lomoh” (Kings).
To return answer to . . .—Literally, to return to this people a word; Kings, “to return this people a word” (double accusative)—a construction preserved in 2Ch_10:9 below.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The old men who had stood before Solomon his…
The old men who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived. The first practical step now taken by Rehoboam, if he delay at all, is the right and far from inauspicious step. O si sic omnia that followed after! The "old men" here spoken of, and not before distinctly spoken of, need not necessarily be regarded as professional advisers of Solomon, nor as a privy council of slate; they may designate those of like age with him, or but little his juniors, and with whom he had chiefly associated for his own society.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 the old men who had stood before Solomon
the old men who had stood before Solomon
To "stand before" is an idiom for serving the king in his presence. AT: "the old men who counseled Solomon" or "the old men who attended to Solomon" (See: Idiom)
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to bring an answer to these people
"to answer these people" or "to reply to these people"
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:6 The older men of Israel were distinguished from…
10:6 The older men of Israel were distinguished from officials, nobles, and guardians (Judg 8:14; 1 Kgs 21:8; 2 Kgs 10:5) who had official government roles. These elders traditionally exercised considerable influence in royal decisions. When Ben-hadad, king of Aram, attacked Samaria, the elders of Samaria were decisive in rejecting his harsh terms of surrender (1 Kgs 20:7-9). Earlier, when Absalom revolted against David, the elders of Israel were influential in critical decisions (2 Sam 17:4, 15; 19:11).
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