And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders
And the king answereth the people sharply, and forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him,
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
- Date
- Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile