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1 Kings 12:8

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And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.	But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, [and] which stood before him:	And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But he forsook^H5800 the counsel^H6098 of the old men^H2205, which they had given^H3289 him, and consulted^H3289 with the young men^H3206 that were grown up^H1431 with him, and which stood^H5975 before^H6440 him:

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּעֲזֹב אֶת־עֲצַת הַזְּקֵנִים אֲשֶׁר יְעָצֻהוּ וַיִּוָּעַץ אֶת־הַיְלָדִים אֲשֶׁר גָּדְלוּ אִתֹּו אֲשֶׁר הָעֹמְדִים לְפָנָיו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַֽ/יַּעֲזֹ֛ב	va/i.ya.'a.Zo	H5800	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he forsook
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
עֲצַ֥ת	'a.Tzat	H6098	HNcfsc	(the) counsel of
הַ/זְּקֵנִ֖ים	ha./ze.ke.Nim	H2205	HTd/Aampa	the/ elders
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
יְעָצֻ֑/הוּ	ye.'a.Tzu./hu	H3289	HVqp3cp/Sp3ms	they had counseled/ him
וַ/יִּוָּעַ֗ץ	va/i.yi.va.'Atz	H3289	HC/VNw3ms	and/ he consulted
אֶת	'et-	H854	HR	with
הַ/יְלָדִים֙	ha/y.la.Dim	H3206	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ young men
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
גָּדְל֣וּ	ga.de.Lu	H1431	HVqp3cp	they had grown up
אִתּ֔/וֹ	'i.T/o	H854	HR/Sp3ms	with/ him
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
הָ/עֹמְדִ֖ים	ha./'o.me.Dim	H5975	HTd/Vqrmpa	(were) the/ (ones who) stood
לְ/פָנָֽי/ו	le./fa.Na/v	H6440	HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms	(to)/ before/ him

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1431 — גָּדַל (gâdal, gaw-dal'): a primitive root; properly, to twist (compare גְּדִל), i.e.; to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride); advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to... estate, [phrase] things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
• H2205 — זָקֵן (zâqên, zaw-kane'): from זָקֵן; old; aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
• H3206 — יֶלֶד (yeled, yeh'-led): from יָלַד; something born, i.e. a lad or offspring; boy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).
• H3289 — יָעַץ (yâʻats, yaw-ats'): a primitive root; to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve; advertise, take advise, advise (well), consult, (give, take) counsel(-lor), determine, devise, guide, purpose.
• H5800 — עָזַב (ʻâzab, aw-zab'): a primitive root; to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.; commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.
• H5975 — עָמַד (ʻâmad, aw-mad'): a primitive root; to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive); abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-) stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
• H6098 — עֵצָה (ʻêtsâh, ay-tsaw'): from יָעַץ; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence; advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (6): Genesis 41:46, 1 Kings 12:28, 1 Chronicles 6:32, 1 Chronicles 19:3, Proverbs 13:20, Hosea 6:10

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: YOUNG PEOPLE
• Torrey’s: FOOLS
• Nave’s: COUNSEL, FELLOWSHIP, GOVERNMENT, JEROBOAM, PETITION, RASHNESS, REHOBOAM, REVOLT, RULERS, YOUNG MEN

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