◄ 1 Kings 12:5 ►
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Good News Translation
"Come back in three days and I will give you my answer," he replied. So they left.

New Revised Standard Version
He said to them, “Go away for three days, then come again to me.” So the people went away.

Contemporary English Version
"Give me three days to think about it," Rehoboam replied, "then come back for my answer." So the people left.

New American Bible
He answered them, “Come back to me in three days,” and the people went away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,

Context
Rebellion Against Rehoboam
…4Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us: now, therefore, do thou take off a little of the grievous service of thy father, and of his most heavy yoke, which he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 5And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,6King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon, his father, while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people?…
Cross References
1 Kings 12:12
So Jeroboam, and all the people, came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again the third day.

1 Kings 12:6
King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon, his father, while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people?

1 Kings 12:4
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