2 Chronicles 10:6

6 Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had been {serving} before Solomon his father when he was alive, saying, "What word do you advise to answer this people?"

2 Chronicles 10:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:6

(See Gill on 1 Kings 12:6).

2 Chronicles 10:6 In-Context

4 "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now, therefore, lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve you."

5 And he said to them, "In three days return to me again." And the people went away.

6 Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had been {serving} before Solomon his father when he was alive, saying, "What word do you advise to answer this people?"

7 And they said to him, "If you will be good to this people and please them, then speak good words to them. Then they will be your servants {forever}."

8 But he forsook the advice of the elders that advised him and took counsel of the young men who had grown up with him who were {serving} before him.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "standing"