1 Re 12:5

5 Ed egli rispose loro: "Andatevene, e tornate da me fra tre giorni". E il popolo se ne andò.

1 Re 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 Re 12:5 In-Context

3 e quivi lo mandarono a chiamare. Allora Geroboamo e tutta la raunanza d’Israele vennero a parlare a Roboamo, e gli dissero:

4 "Tuo padre ha reso duro il nostro giogo; ora rendi tu più lieve la dura servitù e il giogo pesante che tuo padre ci ha imposti, e noi ti serviremo".

5 Ed egli rispose loro: "Andatevene, e tornate da me fra tre giorni". E il popolo se ne andò.

6 Il re Roboamo si consigliò coi vecchi ch’erano stati al servizio del re Salomone suo padre mentre era vivo, e disse: "Che mi consigliate voi di rispondere a questo popolo?"

7 E quelli gli parlarono così: "Se oggi tu ti fai servo di questo popolo, se tu gli cedi, se gli rispondi e gli parli con bontà, ti sarà servo per sempre".