5Rehoboam answered, "Go away for three days and then come back to me." So the people went away.
5Rehoboam answered, "Go away for three days and then come back to me." So the people went away.
2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt.
3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:
4 "Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."
5 Rehoboam answered, "Go away for three days and then come back to me." So the people went away.
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How would you advise me to answer these people?" he asked.
7 They replied, "If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants."
12:5And he said unto them, Depart yet [for] three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
12:5And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,
12:5And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
12:5And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
12:5And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
12:5And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
12:5He said to them, |Depart for three days, then come back to me.| The people departed.
12:5And he saith unto them, 'Go — yet three days, and come back unto me;' and the people go.
12:5And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.