Lièwángjìshang 12:5

5 Luóbōān duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen zànqiĕ qù , dì sān rì zaì lái jiàn wǒ . mín jiù qù le .

Lièwángjìshang 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.

Lièwángjìshang 12:5 In-Context

3 Yǐsèliè rén dǎfa rén qù qǐng tā lái , tā jiù hé Yǐsèliè huì zhòng dōu lái jiàn Luóbōān , duì tā shuō ,

4 Nǐ fùqin shǐ wǒmen fù zhòng è , zuò kǔ gōng . xiànzaì qiú nǐ shǐ wǒmen zuò de kǔ gōng , fù de chóng è qīngsōng xiē , wǒmen jiù shìfèng nǐ .

5 Luóbōān duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen zànqiĕ qù , dì sān rì zaì lái jiàn wǒ . mín jiù qù le .

6 Luóbōān zhī fù Suǒluómén zaì shì de rìzi , yǒu shì lì zaì tā miànqián de lǎo nián rén , Luóbōān wáng hé tāmen shāngyì , shuō , nǐmen gĕi wǒ chū gè shénme zhǔyì , wǒ hǎo huí fù zhè mín .

7 Lǎo nián rén duì tā shuō , xiànzaì wáng ruò fúshì zhè mín rú púrén , yòng hǎo huà huídá tāmen , tāmen jiù yǒngyuǎn zuò wáng de púrén .