2 Chronicles 10:5

5 And he said to them, "In three days return to me again." And the people went away.

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 And they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and all Israel went, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

4 "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now, therefore, lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve you."

5 And he said to them, "In three days return to me again." And the people went away.

6 Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had been {serving} before Solomon his father when he was alive, saying, "What word do you advise to answer this people?"

7 And they said to him, "If you will be good to this people and please them, then speak good words to them. Then they will be your servants {forever}."