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2 Chronicles 10:8 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. "
2 Chronicles 10:8
Verse in Context
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6 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?”
7 They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to these people, please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”
8 But he abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
9 He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may give an answer to these people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter’?”
10 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us;’ thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.
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2 Chronicles 10:1
"Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king."
2 Chronicles 10:2
"When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned out of Egypt."
2 Chronicles 10:3
"They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,"
2 Chronicles 10:4
"“Your father made our yoke grievous. Now therefore make the grievous service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”"
2 Chronicles 10:5
"He said to them, “Come again to me after three days.” So the people departed."
2 Chronicles 10:6
"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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