1 Kings 12:13 - Printer Friendly

ESV: And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,

NIV: The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders,

NASB: And the king answered the people harshly, for he ignored the advice of the elders which they had given him,

CSB: Then the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice the elders had given him

NLT: But Rehoboam spoke harshly to the people, for he rejected the advice of the older counselors

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

NKJV: Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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