2 Chronicles 10:5

5 Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people went away.

2 Chronicles 10:5 in Other Translations

5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.

5 He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.

5 Rehoboam replied, “Come back in three days for my answer.” So the people went away.

5 "Give me," said Rehoboam, "three days to think it over; then come back." So the people left.

5 Rehoboam replied, "Return to me in three days." So the people left.

2 Chronicles 10:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:5

(See Gill on 1 Kings 12:5).

2 Chronicles 10:5 In-Context

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.”