1 Reyes 12:5

5 Entonces él les dijo: Idos por tres días, después volved a mí. Y el pueblo se fue.

1 Reyes 12:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 12:5

And he said unto them, depart yet for three days, then come
again to me
Suggesting that he would consider of their proposal and inquire into the merits of it and as things should appear to him he would give them an answer in three days time; which at first sight may seem a point of prudence in him, to take time for deliberation and counsel in this affair, but in his case and circumstance it was very imprudent; for he might easily see there was discontent among the people, and a faction forming against him, and, by taking time to himself, he gave them time to take their measures, and hasten and ripen them for a revolt; for, by giving them such an answer, they might plainly perceive he was not inclined to give them satisfaction; it would have been the most advisable in him to have promised them at once that he would make them easy:

and the people departed;
to their quarters, and there remained to the third day.

1 Reyes 12:5 In-Context

3 enviaron a llamarle. Entonces vino Jeroboam con toda la asamblea de Israel, y hablaron a Roboam, diciendo:

4 Tu padre hizo pesado nuestro yugo; ahora pues, aligera la dura servidumbre de tu padre y el pesado yugo que puso sobre nosotros y te serviremos.

5 Entonces él les dijo: Idos por tres días, después volved a mí. Y el pueblo se fue.

6 El rey Roboam pidió consejo a los ancianos que habían servido a su padre Salomón cuando aún vivía, diciendo: ¿Qué me aconsejáis que responda a este pueblo?

7 Y ellos le respondieron, diciendo: Si hoy te haces servidor de este pueblo, y les sirves y les concedes su petición y les dices buenas palabras, entonces ellos serán tus siervos para siempre.