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2 Chronicles 10:6
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — King Rehoboam addresses the elders who served his father Solomon during his lifetime. He poses this inquiry immediately after instructing the northern tribes to return to him in three days.
The words — וַ/יִּוָּעַץ (va/i.yi.va.'Atz) translates literally as "and he consulted." It denotes the formal act of seeking strategic advice from established advisors.
The thread — The pattern of a ruler seeking counsel appears in 2 Samuel 16:20 and 2 Samuel 17:5, where Absalom similarly summons advisors for political strategy.
Why it lands — The text records a king actively weighing competing counsel before issuing a decree. It requires the reader to note how leadership hinges on which advisors are heard and how their advice is evaluated.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
Cross-references
- Job 32:7 I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.
- 2 Samuel 16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
- 2 Samuel 17:5 Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
- Job 8:8 Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
- Job 12:12 Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
- Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
- Proverbs 19:20 Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
- Proverbs 27:10 Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
- Jeremiah 42:2 Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
- Jeremiah 42:20 For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’