2 Chronicles 10:6

6 King Rechav`am took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Shlomo his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to 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 grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.

5 He said to them, Come again to me after three days. The people departed.

6 King Rechav`am took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Shlomo his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people?

7 They spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.

8 But he forsook 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.