1 Reyes 12:8

8 Sin embargo, Roboam rechazó el consejo de los ancianos y pidió, en cambio, la opinión de los jóvenes que se habían criado con él y que ahora eran sus consejeros.

1 Reyes 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.

1 Reyes 12:8 In-Context

6 Después el rey Roboam consultó el asunto con los ancianos que habían sido consejeros de su padre Salomón.
—¿Qué me aconsejan ustedes? —les preguntó—. ¿Cómo debo responder a este pueblo?

7 Los consejeros ancianos contestaron:
—Si hoy se pone al servicio de este pueblo y les da una respuesta favorable, ellos siempre serán sus leales súbditos.

8 Sin embargo, Roboam rechazó el consejo de los ancianos y pidió, en cambio, la opinión de los jóvenes que se habían criado con él y que ahora eran sus consejeros.

9 —¿Qué me aconsejan ustedes? —les preguntó—. ¿Cómo debo responder a esta gente que me pide que alivie las cargas que impuso mi padre?

10 Los jóvenes contestaron:
—Así debería responder a esos que se quejan de todo y que quieren una carga más liviana: “¡Mi dedo meñique es más grueso que la cintura de mi padre!