1 Kings 12:5
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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?

Lexicon
Rehoboam answered,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Go away
לְכ֥וּ (lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

for
עֹ֛ד (‘ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

three
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה (šə·lō·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

days
יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

and then return
וְשׁ֣וּבוּ (wə·šū·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to me.”
אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם (’ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

So the people
הָעָֽם׃ (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

departed.
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk


Additional Translations
Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

And he said to them, Depart for three days, and return to me. And they departed.

And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

He said to them, "Depart for three days, then come back to me." The people departed.

And he saith unto them, 'Go -- yet three days, and come back unto me;' and the people go.
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