2 Chronicles 10:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak loving words to them, they will be thy servants forever.
8 But he left the counsel of the ancient men that they had given him, and took counsel of the young men that were brought up with him, and [a]waited on him.
9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may answer this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us, lighter?
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- 2 Chronicles 10:8 Or, that stood by him, that is, which were of his counsel and secrets.
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