THEOSIS2 Chronicles 10:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And they said to him: If thou please this people, and soothe them with kind words, they will be thy servants for ever.
וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר אִם־תִּֽהְיֶ֨ה לְט֜וֹב לְהָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ וּרְצִיתָ֔ם וְדִבַּרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם דְּבָרִ֣ים טוֹבִ֑ים וְהָי֥וּ לְךָ֛ עֲבָדִ֖ים כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 15:1A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.
- Gen 49:21Nephthali, a hart let loose, and giving words of beauty.
- 2 Sam 15:2And Absalom rising up early stood by the entrance of the gate, and when any man had business to come to the king's judgment, Absalom called him to him, and said: Of what city art thou? He answered, and said: Thy servant is of such tribe of Israel.
- 2 Sam 15:6And this he did to all Israel that came for judgment, to be heard by the king, and he enticed the hearts of the men of Israel.