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Older advisers urge the king to answer the people with kindness.
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2 Chronicles 10:6-7

The Counsel of the Elders

The Heavy Yoke and the Divided Kingdom · 2 Chronicles 10

Story guide: Older advisers urge the king to answer the people with kindness.

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6Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had stood before Solomon his father while he was still alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”

7They spoke to him, saying, “If you will be good to this people, and if you please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants all your days.”

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