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2 Chronicles 10:6

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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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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?

KJV

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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 10

Commentary

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This site's exposition

King Rehoboam consulted with the elders

on 2 Chronicles 10:6-9

Rehoboam consults two councils in turn, the elders “who had served his father Solomon” and “the young men who had grown up with him”. The text marks the shift as a choice: he “rejected the advice of the elders” before he asked the young men.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּוָּעַ֞ץand he consulted

    vaiyivaatzH3289 →79 times

  • הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • רְחַבְעָ֗םRehoboam

    rechavamH7346 →50 times

  • אֶת־with

    ʾet-H854 →929 times

  • הַזְּקֵנִים֙the elders

    hazekenimH2205 →178 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־who

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • הָי֣וּthey had been

    hayuH1961 →3559 times

  • עֹֽמְדִ֗יםstanding

    ʾomedimH5975 →521 times

  • לִפְנֵי֙<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֣הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • אָבִ֔יוfather his

    ʾavivH1 →1212 times

  • בִּֽהְיֹת֥וֹwhen was he

    bihyotoH1961 →3559 times

  • חַ֖יalive

    chaiH2416 →498 times

  • לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • אֵ֚יךְhow?

    ʾeikhH349 →

  • אַתֶּ֣ם[are] you

    ʾatemH859 →1094 times

  • נֽוֹעָצִ֔יםcounseling

    noatzimH3289 →79 times

  • לְהָשִׁ֥יבto bring back

    lehashivH7725 →1056 times

  • לָֽעָם־to the people

    laom-H5971 →1873 times

  • הַזֶּ֖ה<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

  • דָּבָֽר׃word

    davarH1697 →1440 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

12 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Job 32:7I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.4 worksJeremiah 42:20For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’2 works2 Samuel 16:20Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”2 worksProverbs 27:10Do 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.2 worksJob 8:8–9Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.2 worksProverbs 12:15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.2 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 42:2–5Jeremiah 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.2 worksJob 12:12–13Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.2 works2 Samuel 17:5–6Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”2 worksProverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.2 works2 Chronicles 10:9He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”2 works2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Proverbs 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.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 18:24

      A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

    • Proverbs 17:17

      A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

    • 1 Kings 12:6–8

      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.

    • Luke 10:30–37

      Jesus took up this question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him…

    • Proverbs 19:7

      All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

  • Through

    Job 32:7

    I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 16:31

      Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.

    • Job 12:12

      Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

    • Hebrews 5:12

      Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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