Sinai2 Chronicles 10:7
American Standard Version
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
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2 Chronicles 10:7 in other translations
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.”
2 Chronicles 10:7 in context
- 5And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
- 6And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
- 7And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
- 8But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him.
- 9And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?