1 Kings 12:8

1 Kings 12:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
• New International Version (NIV)But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

Context of 1 Kings 12:8

6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, “How do you advise me to respond to this people?” 7They replied, “Today if you will be a servant to this people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.” But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and attended him. 9He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to this people who said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?” 10The young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us! ’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

1 Kings 12:8 word by word

וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב אֶת־עֲצַ֥ת הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְעָצֻ֑הוּ וַיִּוָּעַ֗ץ אֶת־הַיְלָדִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר גָּדְל֣וּ אִתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָעֹמְדִ֖ים לְפָנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But he forsookעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• the counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• of the old menזָקֵןzâqên · oldH2205
• which they had givenיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289
• with the young menיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
• that were grown upגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• which stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for 1 Kings 12:8

• 2 Chronicles 10:8But he rejected the advice of the elders who had advised him, and he consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, the ones attending him.
• 2 Chronicles 25:15So the Lord’s anger was against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why have you sought a people’s gods that could not rescue their own people from you?”
• Proverbs 1:2For learning wisdom and discipline; for understanding insightful sayings;
• Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise later in life.
• Proverbs 25:12A wise correction to a receptive ear is like a gold ring or an ornament of gold.
• Ecclesiastes 10:2A wise person’s heart goes to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 12:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The age of Rehoboam at his accession is an interesting and difficult question. According to the formal statement of the present text of 1 Kings 14:21; 2 Chronicles 12:13, he had reached the mature age of 41 years, and would therefore be unable to plead youth as an excuse for his conduct. The general narrative, however, seems to assume that he was quite a young man (compare 2 Chronicles 13:7). Perhaps the best way of removing the whole difficulty would be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10young men: Rehoboam's peers took a strict stance and advised against the older men's suggestions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. he said ... Depart yet for three days--It was prudent to take the people's demand into calm and deliberate consideration. Whether, had the advice of the sage and experienced counsellors been followed, any good result would have followed, it is impossible to say. It would at least have removed all pretext for the separation. [See on 2Ch 10:7.] But he preferred the counsel of his young companions (not in age, for they were all about forty-one, but…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 12:8

• Counsel
• Fellowship
• Government
• Jeroboam
• Petition
• Rashness
• Rehoboam
• Revolt
• Rulers
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Add
• Age
• Consult
• Ephraim, The tribe of
• Heavy
• Israel, Kingdom of
• Jeroboam
• Ordain
• Scorpion
• Thick

Commentaries on 1 Kings 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings