2 Chronicles 10:8 KJV

But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

Matthew Henry

  • The ten tribes revolt from RehoboamModerate counsels are wisest and best. Gentleness will do what violence will not do. Most people like to be accosted mildly. Good words cost only a little...

Thompson Chains

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Parallel Passages

  • Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • 2 Samuel 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:15–16 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? …
  • Proverbs 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
  • Proverbs 9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
  • Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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Kings of Israel & Judah

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Strong’s Numbers

  • But he forsook עָזַב ʻâzab
  • the counsel עֵצָה ʻêtsâh
  • which the old men זָקֵן zâqên
  • gave יָעַץ yâʻats
  • him, and took counsel יָעַץ yâʻats
  • with the young men יֶלֶד yeled
  • that were brought up גָּדַל gâdal
  • with him, that stood עָמַד ʻâmad
  • before פָּנִים pânîym

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