2 Chronicles 10:8
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
Key Terms in This Verse
בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
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 inte...
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
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