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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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.
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 Isra...
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...
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 eve...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Rehoboam This chapter is a repetition of 1 Kings 12:1-19 with slight differences.
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...
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...
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...
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, whi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 12:7 .
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....
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, b...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Rehoboam Succeeds Solomon. B. C. 975. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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, authorisin...
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....
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.
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...
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 d...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Demand of the Northern Tribes.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And they, out of the fullness of their ripe experience, spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good word...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:7 ; 2 Samuel 15:2-6 ; Genesis 49:21 ; Proverbs 15:1
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...

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.

Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 10:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Chronicles 10:7