5Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people went away.
5Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people went away.
2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt.
3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all 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, "Come back to me in three days." 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 you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants."
10:5And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
10:5And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,
10:5And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
10:5And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.
10:5And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
10:5And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.
10:5He said to them, |Come again to me after three days.| The people departed.
10:5And he saith unto them, 'Yet three days — then return ye unto me;' and the people go.
10:5And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.