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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 12:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 12:6 |
Strong Concordance |
And king [04428] Rehoboam [07346] consulted [03289] with the old men [02205], that stood [05975] before [06440] Solomon [08010] his father [01] while he yet lived [02416], and said [0559], How do ye advise [03289] that I may [07725] answer [01697] this people [05971]? |
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King James |
And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The old men, that stood before Solomon his father - Perhaps "the princes" of Kg1 4:2. Solomon placed great value upon good advisers Pro 11:14; Pro 15:22; Pro 24:6. |
6 For by wise counsel [08458] thou shalt make [06213] thy war [04421]: and in multitude [07230] of counsellors [03289] there is safety [08668].
22 Without counsel [05475] purposes [04284] are disappointed [06565]: but in the multitude [07230] of counsellors [03289] they are established [06965].
14 Where no counsel [08458] is, the people [05971] fall [05307]: but in the multitude [07230] of counsellors [03289] there is safety [08668].
2 And these were the princes [08269] which he had; Azariah [05838] the son [01121] of Zadok [06659] the priest [03548],