{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/wesley/ch2010.htm","path":"bib/cmt/wesley/ch2010.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/wesley/ch2010.htm","text":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley, [1754-65]\n \n2 Chronicles 10:4\n \nch2 10:4\nGrievous - It is probable, when Solomon had declined from God, that God left him to himself to act thus impolitically. \n2 Chronicles 10:7\n \nch2 10:7\nIf thou be kind, &c. - Moderate counsels are generally best. Gentleness will do what violence will not do. Good words cost nothing but a little self - denial, and yet they purchase great things. \n2 Chronicles 10:16\n \nch2 10:16\nSee to thine own house - When public affairs are in a ferment, violent proceedings do but make ill worse. Many have been driven to the mischief they did not intend, by being too severely dealt with.","title":"Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible: 2 Chronicles: 2 Chronicles Chapter 10","type":"page"}