13And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.


In Context

10 But they answered as young men, and brought up with him in pleasures, and said: Thus shalt thou speak to the people, that said to thee: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease it: thus shalt thou answer them: My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father.

11 My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, and I will add more weight to it: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.

12 So Jeroboam, and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.

13 And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.

14 And he spoke according to the advice of the young men : My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.

15 And he condescended not to the people's requests: for it was the will of God, that his word might be fulfilled which he had spoken by the hand of Ahias the Silonite to Jeroboam the son of Nabat.

2 Chronicles 10:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:13The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the advice of the old men,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13And the king answereth them sharply, and king Rehoboam forsaketh the counsel of the aged men,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,