Verse 6
REHOBOAM HEARD TWO KINDS OF ADVICE
"And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, "What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? 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 forever. But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him. And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter? And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins. And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions."
Nobody but a fool would have ignored the solemn advice of the wise counselors of Solomon, but Rehoboam - the spoiled, ignorant, foolish, conceited and arrogant child of Solomon's godless harem - was intrigued and captivated by the senseless advice of his equally irresponsible peers. He swallowed all of it - hook, line and sinker!
"Rehoboam was the son of one of the wisest men in history, but wisdom is not inherited. It does not run in the blood"![8]
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