1 Kings 12:5

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Kings 12:5

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Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.

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KJV

King James Version

And he said unto them, Depart yet [for] three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

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He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” So the people departed.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

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1 Kings 12

³ So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

⁴ “Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

⁵ Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.

⁶ Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

⁷ They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

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