1 Kings 12:6-8 and sovereign Rechab Am counsels with the elders who had stood at the face of Shelomoh his father while he yet lived, saying, How counsel you, that I return word to this people?

ECB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁶ and sovereign Rechab Am counsels with the elders who had stood at the face of Shelomoh his father while he yet lived, saying, How counsel you, that I return word to this people? ⁷ And they word to him, saying, If you are a servant to this people this day and serve them and answer them and word good words to them, then they become your servants all days. ⁸ And he forsakes the counsel the elders counsel him; and counsels with the children who grew up with him - who stand at his face: