1 Kings 12:6

Modern English Version

King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who advised his father Solomon while he was still alive and asked, “How do you advise me to answer the people?”

Cross References

Job 32:7

I said, ‘Age should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.’

Job 12:12

Wisdom is with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

Jeremiah 43:2

Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men said to Jeremiah, “You speak falsely. The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘Do not go into Egypt to sojourn there.’

Proverbs 27:10

Your own friend and the friend of your father, forsake not, nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

1 Kings 4:2

These were the officials in his court: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest.

2 Samuel 17:5

So Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Arkite so that we may hear what he has to say as well.”

2 Samuel 16:20

Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your advice. What shall we do?”

1 Kings 4:1

So King Solomon was king over all Israel.

1 Kings 10:8

Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!