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2 Chronicles 10:6

WEB

6King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me about how to answer these people?”

KJV

6¶ 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?

BSB

6Then 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.

FBV

6King Rehoboam asked for advice from the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive. “How do you advise me to reply to these people about this?” he asked.

Extra References

Job 32:7

7I said, ‘Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

Proverbs 27:10

10Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.

Job 12:12-13

12With aged men is wisdom, in length of days understanding. 13“With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

2 Samuel 17:5-6

5Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear likewise what he says.”

6When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up.”

Jeremiah 42:20

20For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God says, so declare to us, and we will do it.’

Jeremiah 42:2-5

2and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please let our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to the LORD your God, even for all this remnant, for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes see us, 3that the LORD your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.”

4Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to the LORD your God according to your words; and it will happen that whatever thing the LORD answers you, I will declare it to you. I will keep nothing back from you.”

5Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness among us, if we don’t do according to all the word with which the LORD your God sends you to tell us.

2 Samuel 16:20

20Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel what we shall do.”

Job 8:8-9

8“Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers. 9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)

Proverbs 12:15

15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.

Proverbs 19:20

20Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end.