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2 Chronicles 10:7
2 Chronicles 10:7 is verse 7 of 2 Chronicles chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.”
King James Version
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
World English Bible
They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to these people, please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”
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2 Chronicles 10:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
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.
9 He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 12:7They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
Proverbs 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Genesis 49:21Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
2 Samuel 15:2He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
2 Samuel 15:3Absalom would say, “Look, your claims are good and right, but the king has no deputy to hear you.”
2 Samuel 15:4And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”
2 Samuel 15:5Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
2 Samuel 15:6Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.