1 Kings 12:3

The Darby Translation

and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But they summoned him, and Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam:

Hebrew Names Version
and they sent and called him), that Yarov`am and all the assembly of Yisra'el came, and spoke to Rechav`am, saying,

King James Version
That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

English Standard Version
And they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,

New Century Version
After the people sent for him, he and the people went to Rehoboam and said to him,

New English Translation
They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Amplified Bible
So they sent word and called for him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then they sent word and summoned him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then they sent and called him: and Ieroboam and all the Congregation of Israel came, and spake vnto Rehoboam, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then they sent and called for him. And Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Contemporary English Version
But the people from the northern tribes of Israel sent for him. Then together they went to Rehoboam and said,

Complete Jewish Bible
but they sent and summoned him — Yarov‘am and the whole community of Isra'el came and said to Rechav‘am,

George Lamsa Translation
Then they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the people of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Good News Translation
The people of the northern tribes sent for him, and then they all went together to Rehoboam and said to him,

Lexham English Bible
So they sent and summoned him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came. Then they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Literal Translation
that they sent and called for him; and they came, Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they sent for him, and called him. And Ieroboam with all the congregacion of Israel came and spake to Roboam, and sayde:

American Standard Version
and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So they sent, and called him: and Ieroboam and all the congregation of Is-Israel came, & spake vnto Rehoboam, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and they sent and called him--that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke unto Rehoboam, saying:

King James Version (1611)
That they sent, and called him: and Ieroboam and all the Congregation of Israel came, and spake vnto Rehoboam, saying;

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the people spoke to king Roboam, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy;

English Revised Version
and they sent and called him;) that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei senten, and clepiden hym. Therfor Jeroboam cam, and al the multitude of Israel, and thei spaken to Roboam,

Young's Literal Translation
that they send and call for him; and they come -- Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel -- and speak unto Rehoboam, saying,

Update Bible Version
and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

World English Bible
and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

New King James Version
that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

New Living Translation
The leaders of Israel summoned him, and Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel went to speak with Rehoboam.

New Life Bible
They sent for him. Then Jeroboam and all the people of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,

New Revised Standard
And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yes they sent, and called him, and Jeroboam and all the convocation of Israel came, - and spake unto Rehoboam, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And they sent and called him; and Jerobo'am and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehobo'am,

THE MESSAGE
Rehoboam assembled Jeroboam and all the people. They said to Rehoboam, "Your father made life hard for us—worked our fingers to the bone. Give us a break; lighten up on us and we'll willingly serve you."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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

Reciprocal: Judges 9:1 - communed 2 Chronicles 10:3 - they sent Proverbs 26:21 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 18:18
Since Abraham shall indeed become a great and mighty nation; and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

Genesis 27:29
Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be they that curse thee, And blessed be they that bless thee.

Genesis 28:14
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 30:27
And Laban said to him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes—I have discovered that Jehovah has blessed me for thy sake.

Genesis 30:30
For it was little that thou hadst before me, and it is increased to a multitude, and Jehovah has blessed thee from the time I came; and now, when shall I also provide for my house?

Genesis 39:5
And it came to pass from the time he had set him over his house and all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

Exodus 23:22
But if thou shalt diligently hearken unto his voice, and do all that I shall say, then I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

Numbers 24:9
He stooped, he lay down like a lion, and like a lioness: who will stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

Psalms 72:17
His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed.

Matthew 25:40
And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That they sent and called him,.... That is, the people of Israel, some of the principal of them, especially of the tribe of Ephraim, sent messengers to him, and gave him an invitation to come to them at Shechem; or, they had sent e, as Kimchi interprets it, which was the reason of his returning from Egypt, at least one of them:

and Jeroboam, and all the congregation of Israel, came; the chief men of them, the heads of the people; these, with Jeroboam at the head of them, who was come out of Egypt, came to Shechem, where Rehoboam was, and they had appointed to meet him:

and spake unto Rehoboam; one in the name of them all, perhaps Jeroboam:

saying; as follows.

e So Pagninus, Montanus.