1 Kings 12:9

that we may answer Better, -may return answer" as the words are precisely those of 1 Kings 12:6. It is noteworthy that Rehoboam includes the young counsellors with himself and says -we" when he speaks to them, but he employs the singular number -I" in 1 Kings 12:6, when addressing the older men. He appears to have dispensed summarily with the services of his father's advisers, and taken others into his confidence. One among several marks of folly which are to be found in the history of this business.