Lièwángjìshang 12:8

8 Wáng què búyòng lǎo nián rén gĕi tā chū de zhǔyì , jiù hé nàxiē yǔ tā yītóng zhǎngdà , zaì tā miànqián shì lì de shàonián rén shāngyì ,

Lièwángjìshang 12:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 12:8

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given
him
He did not rightly relish it, nor cordially receive it; it did not suit with his haughty temper, he could not brook it, to stoop to his people; he thought it a lessening of his dignity to do anything that looked like courting their favour; and therefore determined not to take the advice given him by the old men, but to seek for other:

and consulted with the men, that were grown up with him, and which
stood before him;
the sons of nobles, with whom he had his education, and who were his companions from his youth upwards, and who were now officers in his court, and of his privy council, being his favourites, and those he consulted on this occasion; and though they are called young men, as they were in comparison of the old men, yet since they were contemporary with Rehoboam, who was now forty one years of age, they must be about forty, or not much under, and at an age to be wiser than they appeared to be.

Lièwángjìshang 12:8 In-Context

6 Luóbōān zhī fù Suǒluómén zaì shì de rìzi , yǒu shì lì zaì tā miànqián de lǎo nián rén , Luóbōān wáng hé tāmen shāngyì , shuō , nǐmen gĕi wǒ chū gè shénme zhǔyì , wǒ hǎo huí fù zhè mín .

7 Lǎo nián rén duì tā shuō , xiànzaì wáng ruò fúshì zhè mín rú púrén , yòng hǎo huà huídá tāmen , tāmen jiù yǒngyuǎn zuò wáng de púrén .

8 Wáng què búyòng lǎo nián rén gĕi tā chū de zhǔyì , jiù hé nàxiē yǔ tā yītóng zhǎngdà , zaì tā miànqián shì lì de shàonián rén shāngyì ,

9 Shuō , zhè mín duì wǒ shuō , nǐ fùqin shǐ wǒmen fù zhòng è , qiú nǐ shǐ wǒmen qīngsōng xiē . nǐmen gĕi wǒ chū gè shénme zhǔyì , wǒ hǎo huí fù tāmen .

10 Nà tóng tā zhǎngdà de shàonián rén shuō , zhè mín duì wáng shuō , nǐ fùqin shǐ wǒmen fù zhòng è , qiú nǐ shǐ wǒmen qīngsōng xiē . wáng yào duì tāmen rúcǐ shuō , wǒde xiǎo mǔ zhítou bǐ wǒ fùqin de yào hái cū .