25 The elders who surrounded the king tried in many ways to divert his arrogant mind from the design which he had formed. (WEB)
3 Maccabees 1:25
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2 Maccabees 4:45–47
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2 Maccabees 7:24–26
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2 Chronicles 10:7–9
7 They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.” 8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.
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