Thematic Bible: Counsels king rehoboam

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men Verse ConceptsDiscourtesyThe Elders GatheredMan's Counsel

King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, "How do you advise me to answer these people?" They said to him, "Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward." But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.