What Does 2 Chronicles 10:7 Mean?

“And they spake”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

near, with or among; often in general, to

“unto him saying”

to say (used with great latitude)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“If thou be kind”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

“to this people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

“and please”

to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt

“And they spake”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

near, with or among; often in general, to

“words”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“If thou be kind”

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“to them they will be thy servants”

a servant

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“for ever”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso