2 Chronicles 10:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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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.”

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KJV

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.

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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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ASV

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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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Chronicles 10

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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