2Ch 10:8 | TNotes | STEP | 10:8 Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign (12:13 ), so the young men who had grown up with him were not novices. They might have been royal princes, sons of Solomon’s other wives. It was natural for them to have a role in Rehoboam’s government, as shown by his promotion of his son Abijah (11:22 ). Referring to these princes as “young” might have been a comment on the value of their advice, because the young were not viewed as being wise (see Job 12:12 ).

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‏ 2 Chronicles 10:8

10:8 ^a Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign (12:13 ^b), so the young men who had grown up with him were not novices. They might have been royal princes, sons of Solomon’s other wives. It was natural for them to have a role in Rehoboam’s government, as shown by his promotion of his son Abijah (11:22 ^c). Referring to these princes as “young” might have been a comment on the value of their advice, because the young were not viewed as being wise (see Job 12:12 ^d).