2 Chronicles 10:6
And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
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The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
stood before Cp. Deu 1:38; 1Ki 17:1. The phrase is used to express service, whether rendered to God or to man.
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