1 Reyes 12:8

8 Pero Roboán rechazó el consejo que le dieron los ancianos, y consultó más bien con los jóvenes que se habían criado con él y que estaban a su servicio.

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 el rey Roboán consultó con los ancianos que en vida de su padre Salomón habían estado a su servicio.—¿Qué me aconsejan ustedes que le responda a este pueblo? —preguntó.

7 —Si Su Majestad se pone hoy al servicio de este pueblo —respondieron ellos—, y condesciende con ellos y les responde con amabilidad, ellos le servirán para siempre.

8 Pero Roboán rechazó el consejo que le dieron los ancianos, y consultó más bien con los jóvenes que se habían criado con él y que estaban a su servicio.

9 —¿Ustedes qué me aconsejan? —les preguntó—. ¿Cómo debo responderle a este pueblo que me dice: “Alívienos el yugo que su padre nos echó encima”?

10 Aquellos jóvenes, que se habían criado con él, le contestaron:—Este pueblo le ha dicho a Su Majestad: “Su padre nos impuso un yugo pesado; hágalo usted más ligero”. Pues bien, respóndales de este modo: “Mi dedo meñique es más grueso que la cintura de mi padre.