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2 Chronicles 10:5
2 Chronicles 10:5 is verse 5 of 2 Chronicles chapter 10, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.
King James Version
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
World English Bible
He said to them, “Come again to me after three days.” So the people departed.
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2 Chronicles 10:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all 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, “Come back to me in three days.” 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 kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 12:5Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
Proverbs 3:28Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.