Scripture · Old Testament
1 Kings 12:5
1 Kings 12:5 is verse 5 of 1 Kings chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
King James Version
And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
World English Bible
He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” So the people departed.
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1 Kings 12:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
4 “Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
5 Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
6 Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
7 They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
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