2 Chronicles 10:5

5 And he saith unto them, `Yet three days -- then return ye unto me;' and the people go.

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 send and call for him, and Jeroboam cometh in, and all Israel, and speak unto Rehoboam, saying,

4 `Thy father made our yoke sharp, and now, make light [somewhat] of the sharp service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we serve thee.'

5 And he saith unto them, `Yet three days -- then return ye unto me;' and the people go.

6 And king Rehoboam consulteth with the aged men who have been standing before Solomon his father in his being alive, saying, `How are ye counselling to answer this people?'

7 And they speak unto him, saying, `If thou dost become good to this people, and hast been pleased with them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.'