8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.
8 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.
8 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.
8 But he rejected the counsel of the elders and asked the young men he'd grown up with who were now currying his favor,
8 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.
8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men and instead asked the opinion of the young men who had grown up with him and were now his advisers.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 10:8
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The ten tribes revolt from Rehoboam.
Moderate 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 self-denial, yet they purchase great things. No more needs to be done to ruin men, than to leave them to their own pride and passion. Thus, whatever are the devices of men, God is doing his own work by all, and fulfilling the word which he has spoken. No man can bequeath his prosperity to his heirs any more than his wisdom; though our children will generally be affected by our conduct, whether good or bad. Let us then seek those good things which will be our own for ever; and crave the blessing of God upon our posterity, in preference to wealth or worldly exaltation.