2 Chronicles 10:8 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

8 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.

Cross Reference

2 Samuel 17:14 DARBY

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. And Jehovah had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom.

2 Chronicles 25:15-16 DARBY

And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, who said to him, Why dost thou seek after the gods of a people who have not delivered their own people out of thy hand? And it came to pass as he talked with him, that [Amaziah] said to him, Hast thou been made the king's counsellor? Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.

Proverbs 1:25 DARBY

and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Proverbs 9:9 DARBY

Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.

Proverbs 13:20 DARBY

He that walketh with wise [men] becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved.

Proverbs 19:20 DARBY

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Proverbs 25:12 DARBY

An ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an attentive ear.

Ecclesiastes 10:2-3 DARBY

The heart of a wise [man] is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sense faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

Ecclesiastes 10:16 DARBY

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Isaiah 30:1 DARBY

Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, who take counsel, but not of me, and who make leagues, but not by my Spirit, that they may heap sin upon sin;

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 10 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


CHAPTER 10

2Ch 10:1-15. Rehoboam Refusing the Old Men's Good Counsel.

1. Rehoboam went to Shechem—(See on 1Ki 12:1). This chapter is, with a few verbal alterations, the same as in 1Ki 12:1-19.

3. And they sent—rather, "for they had sent," &c. This is stated as the reason of Jeroboam's return from Egypt.

7. If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them—In the Book of Kings [1Ki 12:7], the words are, "If thou wilt be a servant unto this people, and wilt serve them." The meaning in both is the same, namely, If thou wilt make some reasonable concessions, redress their grievances, and restore their abridged liberties, thou wilt secure their strong and lasting attachment to thy person and government.

15-17. the king hearkened not unto the people, for the cause was of God—Rehoboam, in following an evil counsel, and the Hebrew people, in making a revolutionary movement, each acted as free agents, obeying their own will and passions. But God, who permitted the revolt of the northern tribes, intended it as a punishment of the house of David for Solomon's apostasy. That event demonstrates the immediate superintendence of His providence over the revolutions of kingdoms; and thus it affords an instance, similar to many other striking instances that are found in Scripture, of divine predictions, uttered long before, being accomplished by the operation of human passions, and in the natural course of events.