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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 10:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 10:7 |
Strong Concordance |
And they spake [01696] unto him, saying [0559], If thou be kind [02896] to this people [05971], and please [07521] them, and speak [01696] good [02896] words [01697] to them, they will be thy servants [05650] for ever [03117]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them--In the Book of Kings [Kg1 12:7], the words are, "If thou wilt be a servant unto this people, and wilt serve them." The meaning in both is the same, namely, If thou wilt make some reasonable concessions, redress their grievances, and restore their abridged liberties, thou wilt secure their strong and lasting attachment to thy person and government. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| If thou be kind, &c. - Moderate counsels are generally best. Gentleness will do what violence will not do. Good words cost nothing but a little self - denial, and yet they purchase great things. |
7 And they spake [01696] unto him, saying [0559], If thou wilt be a servant [05650] unto this people [05971] this day [03117], and wilt serve [05647] them, and answer [06030] them, and speak [01696] good [02896] words [01697] to them, then they will be thy servants [05650] for ever [03117].