2 Chronicles 10:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

PART IV (2 Chronicles 10-36). The History of Judah from Rehoboam to the Edict of Cyrus. 2 Chronicles 10:1-19 . Rehoboam is Rejected by the Israelites (see notes on 1 Kings 12:1-9 ). The variat...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

All Israel intreat Reboboam to lighten the yoke laid upon them by Solomon. Rehoboam, despising the court of the old men, follows that of the young ones. Ten tribes separate themselves from him....
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. If thou be kind to this people, and please...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Rehoboam This chapter is a repetition of 1 Kings 12:1-19 with slight differences.
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If thou be kind to this people. — A free paraphrase of, “If to-day thou become a servant to this people and serve them” (Kings) — words which may have seemed inappropriate to the redactor, in...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1-19 ; 2 Chronicles 11:1-23 ; 2 Chronicles 12:1-16 ; 2 Chronicles 13:1-22 THE transition from Solomon to Rehoboam brings to ligh...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Despotism is seldom transmissible. That Solomon had been an autocrat and had ruled with a hand of iron under the velvet is evidenced by the words of the men of Israel, "Thy father hath made our yoke...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I have purposely gone through all these verses in one reading before that I offered any Commentary upon them in order to come to this last verse, which explains the whole; the cause was of God. It is...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 12:7 .
2 Chronicles 10:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 7. If thou be kind to this people. ] "If th...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A.M. 3029. B.C. 975. The people request Rehoboam to ease their grievances, 2 Chronicles 10:1-5 . Rehoboam, rejecting the old men's counsel, by the advice of the young men, answers them roughl...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JEROBOAM LEADS A REVOLT (vv.1-18) Rehoboam was inaugurated as king at Shechem. Jereboam who had gone to Egypt for fear of King Solomon, hearing of Solomon's death, returned to Israel. The tribes...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rehoboam Succeeds Solomon. B. C. 975. 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem wer...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Here begins the fourth part of the book of Chronicles, extending from the division of the kingdom to the decree of Cyrus, authorising the return of the exiles and confining itself to...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:7 (with 2 Chronicles 10:11 ) This incident illustrates the two modes of treating men the conciliatory and the unconciliatory. The principle applies to all men in some of the re...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This chapter is so nearly a repetition of 1 Kings 12 ., that the reader is referred to the Notes and Reflections on that part of sacred history.
2 Chronicles 10:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Rehoboam went to Shechem. Rehoboam A cause so stated must succeed. There will be difficulty, but the end is assured. The reasonable always triumphs, due time being given for the elucidation...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter begins the fourth and last great division of the work once called in its unity, "The Chronicles." This fourth and last division, therefore, will see us to the end of our...
2 Chronicles 10:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Demand of the Northern Tribes.
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:7 ; 2 Samuel 15:2-6 ; Genesis 49:21 ; Proverbs 15:1
2 Chronicles 10:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 10:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 10:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 10:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 10:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 10:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 10:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes