NET Bible
"But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up."
— 2 Chronicles 10:8, NET Bible
“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.”
“But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him. ”
“But he forsook the counsel of the ancients, and began to treat with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and were in his train.”
“But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.”
“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.”
He said to them,“Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.
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?”
They said to him,“If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”
But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up.
He asked them,“How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me,‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”
The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him,“Say this to these people who have said to you,‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’– say this to them:‘I am a lot harsher than my father!
My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.’”