1 Kings 12:13
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New International Version (©1984)
The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders,

New Living Translation (©2007)
But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The king answered the people harshly, for he forsook the advice of the elders which they had given him,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The king answered the people harshly. He ignored the advice the older leaders gave him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

American King James Version
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

American Standard Version
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,

Darby Bible Translation
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him;

English Revised Version
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

World English Bible
The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Young's Literal Translation
And the king answereth the people sharply, and forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him,

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king answered the people roughly,.... In a blustering manner, gave them hard words and severe menaces, being worked up to such a spirit by his young counsellors:

and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him: to give them good words and kind promises.

Geneva Study Bible

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

King James Translators' Notes

roughly: Heb. hardly

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

12:1-15 The tribes complained not to Rehoboam of his father's idolatry, and revolt from God. That which was the greatest grievance, was none to them; so careless were they in matters of religion, if they might live at case, and pay no taxes. Factious spirits will never want something to complain of. And when we see the Scripture account of Solomon's reign; the peace, wealth, and prosperity Israel then enjoyed; we cannot doubt but that their charges were false, or far beyond the truth. Rehoboam answered the people according to the counsel of the young men. Never was man more blinded by pride, and desire of arbitrary power, than which nothing is more fatal. God's counsels were hereby fulfilled. He left Rehoboam to his own folly, and hid from his eyes the things which belonged to his peace, that the kingdom might be rent from him. God serves his own wise and righteous purposes by the imprudences and sins of men. Those that lose the kingdom of heaven, throw it away, as Rehoboam, by wilfulness and folly.


1 Kings 12:12 Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, "Come back to me in three days."
1 Kings 12:14 he followed the advice of the young men and said, "My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions."
Proverbs 18:23 A poor man pleads for mercy, but a rich man answers harshly.
Ecclesiastes 2:19 And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the work into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.

Advice Attention Counsel Counselled Elders Forsaketh Forsaking Forsook Harshly Rejecting Rough Roughly Sharply Suggestion

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

answered 1Ki 20:6-11 Ge 42:7,30 Ex 5:2 10:28 Jud 12:1-6 1Sa 20:10,30,31 25:10,11 2Sa 19:43 Pr 10:11,32 15:1 18:23 Ec 10:12 Jas 3:17

roughly [heb] hardly Ge 16:6

forsook Pr 13:20

1 Kings Chapter 12 Verse 13

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