1 Kings 12:6

New English Translation

King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:20

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

2 Samuel 17:5

But Absalom said, “Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.”

1 Kings 10:8

Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!

1 Kings 4:1

King Solomon ruled over all Israel.

1 Kings 4:2

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

Job 12:12

Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

Job 32:7

I said to myself, ‘Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.’

Proverbs 27:10

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

Jeremiah 43:2

Then Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and other arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie! The Lord our God did not send you to tell us, ‘You must not go to Egypt and settle there.’