1st Kings Chapter 12 verse 8 Holy Bible
But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.
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But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:
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But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him.
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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:
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But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had grown up with him, and who stood before him:
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But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.
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And he forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, who are standing before him;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given [Heb. counselled] him ["We can easily imagine that their proposal was not very agreeable to the rash and imperious young king, in whose veins Ammonite blood flowed" (Bahr) ], and consulted with the young men [see on ver. 1. "The very change argues weakness.. Green wood is ever shrinking" (Hall)] that were grown up with him [possibly his companions in the harem], and which stood before him [i.e., as his courtiers and counsellors (cf. ver. 6). The old men were the counsellors of Solomon; the young men alone are spoken of as the ministers of Rehoboam.