2 Chronicles 10:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

2 Chronicles 10:13 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Genesis 42:30
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
1 Samuel 25:10-11
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. …
Genesis 42:7
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
2 Chronicles 10:8
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-19)

We may learn here, 1. That when public affairs are in a ferment violent proceedings do but make bad worse. Rough answers (such as Rehoboam here gave) do but stir up anger and bring oil to the flames. The pilot has need to steer steadily in a storm. Many have been driven to the mischief they did not intend by being too severely dealt with for what they did intend. 2. That, whatever the devices and…