2 Chronicles 10:13
◄  2 Chronicles 10:13  ►
New International Version (©2011)
The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders,

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

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Then the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the elders' advice

International Standard Version (©2012)
But the king answered them strictly and ignored the counsel of his elders.

NET Bible (©2006)
The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

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

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

American King James Version
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

American Standard Version
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.

Darby Bible Translation
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the advice of the old men,

English Revised Version
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

World English Bible
The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

Young's Literal Translation
And the king answereth them sharply, and king Rehoboam forsaketh the counsel of the aged men,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:1-19 The ten tribes revolt from Rehoboam. - Moderate counsels are wisest and best. Gentleness will do what violence will not do. Most people like to be accosted mildly. Good words cost only a little self-denial, yet they purchase great things. No more needs to be done to ruin men, than to leave them to their own pride and passion. Thus, whatever are the devices of men, God is doing his own work by all, and fulfilling the word which he has spoken. No man can bequeath his prosperity to his heirs any more than his wisdom; though our children will generally be affected by our conduct, whether good or bad. Let us then seek those good things which will be our own for ever; and crave the blessing of God upon our posterity, in preference to wealth or worldly exaltation.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 13. - Roughly; i.e. Rehoboam had not "heard the instruction of a father," and had been an ill pupil indeed of him who wrote and taught, "A soft answer tumeth away wrath" (Proverbs 15:1).

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Rebellion against Rehoboam
…12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. 13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, 14And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

2 Chronicles 10:12 Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, "Come back to me in three days."
2 Chronicles 10:14 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 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.