2 Chronicles 10:7
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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The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.
We may observe here, 1. The wisest and best cannot give every body content. Solomon enriched and advanced his kingdom, did all (one would think) that could be done to make then happy and easy; and yet…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
if thou be kind to this people, and please them The Chronicler has softened the forcible words of the parallel passage (1Ki 12:7), "If thou wilt be a servantunto this people this day, and wilt…
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