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.This verse shows the true folly of Rehoboam. His error was made long before he decided to follow the young men's advice over that of Solomon's counselors. Here, we see that his mistake was made before he even asked the young men's advice. Instead, it was made when he spurned the counselors before he'd even heard the alternative.
If he had been wiser, he would have at least heard both groups' advice before deciding on one or the other. But he didn't even get that far. Instead, he did what the king should do, and talked to the king's counselors. However, he immediately decided that he didn't like their answer, and so he went looking for an answer he did like. He didn't weigh both sides, or even hear both sides out. Instead, he already truly knew what his answer was going to be, and only was looking for someone to support it.
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