1 Reis 12:5

5 Roboão respondeu: “Voltem a mim daqui a três dias”. Então o povo foi embora.

1 Reis 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 Reis 12:5 In-Context

3 Depois disso mandaram chamá-lo. Então ele e toda a assembleia de Israel foram ao encontro de Roboão e disseram:

4 “Teu pai colocou sobre nós um jugo pesado, mas agora diminui o trabalho árduo e este jugo pesado, e nós te serviremos”.

5 Roboão respondeu: “Voltem a mim daqui a três dias”. Então o povo foi embora.

6 O rei Roboão perguntou às autoridades que haviam servido ao seu pai, Salomão, durante a vida dele: “Como vocês me aconselham a responder a este povo?”

7 Eles responderam: “Se hoje fores um servo deste povo e servi-lo, dando-lhe uma resposta favorável, eles sempre serão teus servos”.