2 Chronicles 10:7

7 They replied, "If you are kind to these people and try to please them by giving a considerate answer, they will always serve you loyally."

2 Chronicles 10:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:7

(See Gill on 1 Kings 12:7).

2 Chronicles 10:7 In-Context

5 Rehoboam replied, "Give me three days to consider the matter. Then come back." So the people left.

6 King Rehoboam consulted the older men who had served as his father Solomon's advisers. "What answer do you advise me to give these people?" he asked.

7 They replied, "If you are kind to these people and try to please them by giving a considerate answer, they will always serve you loyally."

8 But he ignored the advice of the older men and went instead to the young men who had grown up with him and who were now his advisers.

9 "What do you advise me to do?" he asked. "What shall I say to the people who are asking me to make their burdens lighter?"