Sinai1 Kings 12:5
World English Bible
He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.”
So the people departed.
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1 Kings 12:5 in other translations
And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
1 Kings 12:5 in context
- 3and they sent and called him), Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
- 4“Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”
- 5He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.”
So the people departed. - 6King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do you give me to answer these people?”
- 7They replied, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, and answer them with good words, then they will be your servants forever.”