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The Darby Translation

1 Kings 12:12

And Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed saying, Come again to me on the third day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Counsel;   Government;   Jeroboam;   Petition;   Rashness;   Rehoboam;   Revolt;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jeroboam;   Young Men;   Young People;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Rehoboam;   Shechem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Jerusalem;   Rehoboam;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Counselor;   Kings, First and Second, Theology of;   Wages;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Israel, Kingdom of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Kings, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Counselor;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Rehoboam,;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam ;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;   Jeroboam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Revolt;   Kingdom of Israel;   Kingdom of Judah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Kings, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had ordered: “Return to me on the third day.”
Hebrew Names Version
So Yarov`am and all the people came to Rechav`am the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
King James Version
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
English Standard Version
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, "Come to me again the third day."
New Century Version
Rehoboam had told the people, "Come back to me in three days." So after three days Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam.
New English Translation
Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, "Return to me on the third day."
Amplified Bible
Jeroboam and all the people came back to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had instructed, saying, "Return to me on the third day."
New American Standard Bible
Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ieroboam & all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me againe ye thirde day.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had spoken, saying, "Return to me on the third day."
Contemporary English Version
Three days later, Jeroboam and the others came back.
Complete Jewish Bible
So Yarov‘am and all the people came to Rechav‘am the third day, as the king had requested by saying, "Come to me again the third day";
Easy-to-Read Version
Three days later, Jeroboam and all the people came back as Rehoboam had said.
George Lamsa Translation
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had commanded them, saying, Come to me again the third day.
Good News Translation
Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to King Rehoboam, as he had instructed them.
Lexham English Bible
Jeroboam and all of the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken: "Return to me on the third day."
Literal Translation
And they came, Jeroboam and all the people, to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Come back to me on the third day.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So vpon the thyrde daye came Ieroboam with all the people vnto Roboam, as ye kynge had appoynted and saide, come to me agayne on the thyrde daye.
American Standard Version
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
Bible in Basic English
So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the thirde day, as the king had appoynted, saying, Come to me againe the thirde day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying: 'Come to me again the third day.'
King James Version (1611)
So Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me againe the third day.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all Israel came to king Roboam on the third day, as the king spoke to them, saying, Return to me on the third day.
English Revised Version
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
Berean Standard Bible
After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, "Come back to me on the third day."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Jeroboam, and al the puple, cam to Roboam, in the thridde dai, as the kyng spak, seiynge, Turne ye ayen to me in the thridde dai.
Young's Literal Translation
And they come -- Jeroboam and all the people -- unto Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, `Come back unto me on the third day.'
Update Bible Version
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
Webster's Bible Translation
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
World English Bible
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
New King James Version
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, "Come back to me the third day."
New Living Translation
Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam's decision, just as the king had ordered.
New Life Bible
Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had told them, saying, "Return to me on the third day."
New Revised Standard
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had said, "Come to me again the third day."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Jeroboam and all the people came in unto Rehoboam, on the third day, - as the king had bidden, saying - Come again unto me, on the third day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
So Jerobo'am and all the people came to Rehobo'am the third day, as the king said, "Come to me again the third day."
THE MESSAGE
Three days later Jeroboam and the people showed up, just as Rehoboam had directed when he said, "Give me three days to think it over, then come back." The king's answer was harsh and rude. He spurned the counsel of the elders and went with the advice of the younger set, "If you think life under my father was hard, you haven't seen the half of it. My father thrashed you with whips; I'll beat you bloody with chains!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day."

Contextual Overview

1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (now he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt; 3 and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten thou the grievous servitude of thy father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. 6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, How do ye advise to return answer to this people? 7 And they spoke to him saying, If this day thou wilt be a servant to this people, and wilt serve them and answer them and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the advice of the old men which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, who had grown up with him, that stood before him. 9 And he said to them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people who have spoken to me saying, Lighten the yoke which thy father put upon us? 10 And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people that have spoken to thee saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and lighten thou it for us,—thus shalt thou say to them: My little [finger] is thicker than my father's loins;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Come to me again: 1 Kings 12:5, 2 Chronicles 10:12-14

Reciprocal: Luke 2:46 - after

Cross-References

Genesis 12:8
And he removed thence towards the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel toward the west, and Ai toward the east; and there he built an altar to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.
Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land. And Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was grievous in the land.
Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, Because I said, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my wife's sake.
Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, [saying to himself,] Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca—because she was fair in countenance.
1 Samuel 27:1
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso putteth his confidence in Jehovah is protected.
Matthew 10:28
And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,.... Jeroboam came to him at the head of the people, being the head of the faction, and designed for their king:

as the king had appointed, saying, come to me again the third day; see

1 Kings 12:5.


 
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