2 Chronicles 10:8
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But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him. (NASB ©1995)

2 Samuel 17:14 Then 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 ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring calamity on Absalom.

Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm. (NASB ©1995)


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.

he forsook 2Ch 25:15,16 2Sa 17:14 Pr 1:25 9:9 19:20 25:12 Ec 10:2,3,16

the young men It was a custom in different countries to educate with the heir to the throne, young noblemen of nearly the same age. This, as Calmet observes, answered two great and important ends: 1. It excited the prince to emulation; that he might, as far as possible, surpass in all many exercises, and in all acts of prudence and virtue, those whom one day he was to surpass in the elevation and dignity of his station. 2. That he might acquire a correct knowledge of the disposition and views of those who were likely to be, under him, the highest officers of the state, and consequently know the better how to trust and employ them.

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