8But 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.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)We may observe here, 1. The wisest and best cannot give every body content. Solomon enriched and advanced his kingdom, did all (one would think) that could be done to make then happy and easy; and yet either he was indiscreet in burdening them with the imposition of taxes and services, or at least there was some colour of reason to think him so. No man is perfectly wise. It is probable that it was…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.