1 Kings 12:13

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

And the king {H4428} answered {H6030} the people {H5971} roughly {H7186}, and forsook {H5800} the old men's {H2205} counsel {H6098} that they gave {H3289} him;

and the king answered the people harshly. Abandoning the advice the older men had given him,

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Proverbs 13:20

    ¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Proverbs 10:32

    The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

  • Ecclesiastes 10:12

    ¶ The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

  • James 3:17

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

  • Proverbs 18:23

    ¶ The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

  • Proverbs 10:11

    ¶ The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • 1 Kings 20:6

    Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, [that] whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put [it] in their hand, and take [it] away.

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