2 Chronicles 10:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ The king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ And the king answered them harshly, forsaking the counsel of the old men,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

Common English Bible

¹³ The king then answered the people harshly. He ignored the elders’ advice,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And the king responded harshly, abandoning the counsel of the elders.

2 Chronicles 10:13 Cross References

Proverbs 19:27

My child, stop ignoring instruction, straying from words of knowledge.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

2 Chronicles 10:8

But he rejected the advice that the older men gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and now attended him.

Exodus 10:28

Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Take care that you do not see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.”

Genesis 42:30

“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and charged us with spying on the land.

Genesis 42:7

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

2 Chronicles 10:12

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had said, “Come to me again the third day.”

2 Chronicles 10:14

he spoke to them in accordance with the advice of the young men, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.”

Proverbs 18:23

The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.