He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” So the people departed.
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He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” So the people departed.
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And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
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And he said unto them: 'Depart yet for three days, then come again to me.' And the people departed.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 12:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet…
1Ki 12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet [for] three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
Ver. 5. Depart yet for three days.] This was foolishly done, saith Pellican and Martyr, to give them three days’ respite; because in this time they might consult about a defection, whatsoever answer he should make. If he had pacified their wrath by a soft answer at present, as his father counselleth, {Pro 15:1} he had hit it.
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“ Regnorum sub rege novo mitissima sors est. ” - Lucan.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Give me that time for deliberation and advice.
Give me that time for deliberation and advice.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said unto them, depart yet for three…
And he said unto them, depart yet for three days, then come again to me,.... Suggesting that he would consider of their proposal and inquire into the merits of it and as things should appear to him he would give them an answer in three days time; which at first sight may seem a point of prudence in him, to take time for deliberation and counsel in this affair, but in his case and circumstance it was very imprudent; for he might easily see there was discontent among the people, and a faction forming against him, and, by taking time to himself, he gave them time to take their measures, and hasten and ripen them for a revolt; for, by giving them such an answer, they might plainly perceive he was not inclined to give them satisfaction; it would have been the most advisable in him to have promised them at once that he would make them easy:
and the people departed; to their quarters, and there remained to the third day.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he said . . . Depart yet for three…
he said . . . Depart yet for three days--It was prudent to take the people's demand into calm and deliberate consideration. Whether, had the advice of the sage and experienced counsellors been followed, any good result would have followed, it is impossible to say. It would at least have removed all pretext for the separation. [See on Ch2 10:7.] But he preferred the counsel of his young companions (not in age, for they were all about forty-one, but inexperienced), who recommended prompt and decisive measures to quell the malcontents.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. People departed — Retired from Rehoboam’s presence, not…
5. People departed — Retired from Rehoboam’s presence, not to return home, but to tarry at Shechem three days to await the king’s decision.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he said unto them, Depart yet for three…
And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days so as to afford time for counsel and deliberation. It has been assumed that both the old and young advisers of Rehoboam had been taken by him, as part of his retinue, to Shechem (Bahr). But it is quite as likely that some of them were summoned from Jerusalem to advise him, and that the three days" delay was in order to give time for their attendance. It is a long day"s journey (12 hours) from Nablus to Jerusalem. Three days, consequently, would just afford sufficient time for the purpose then come again to me, And the people departed. The peaceable departure, like the respect-tiff demand, contradicts the idea of a settled purpose to rebel.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 12:5 three days: Rehoboam’s waiting period to consult his…
12:5 three days: Rehoboam’s waiting period to consult his advisers is traditional; the third day was one of final decision (see 2 Kgs 20:4-8). Jesus rose from the grave on the third day (Luke 24:41; 1 Cor 15:4).
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