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Saturday, November 22nd, 2025
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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New Century Version

2 Chronicles 10:5

Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people left.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Candidate;   Rehoboam;   Rulers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Rehoboam;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Divided Kingdom;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Jonah ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Rehoboam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Rehoboam replied, “Return to me in three days.” So the people left.
Hebrew Names Version
He said to them, Come again to me after three days. The people departed.
King James Version
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
English Standard Version
He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.
New English Translation
He said to them, "Go away for three days, then return to me." So the people went away.
Amplified Bible
Rehoboam replied, "Come back to me again in three days." So the people departed.
New American Standard Bible
He said to them, "Return to me again in three days." So the people departed.
World English Bible
He said to them, Come again to me after three days. The people departed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he sayde to them, Depart yet three dayes, then come againe vnto me. And the people departed.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he said to them, "Return to me again in three days." So the people went away.
Berean Standard Bible
Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people departed.
Contemporary English Version
Rehoboam replied, "Come back in three days for my answer." So the people left.
Complete Jewish Bible
He said to them, "Come back to me after three days." So the people left.
Darby Translation
And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.
Easy-to-Read Version
Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days, and I will answer you." So the people left.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said to them, Go away and come again to me after three days. And the people departed.
Good News Translation
Rehoboam replied, "Give me three days to consider the matter. Then come back." So the people left.
Lexham English Bible
And he said to them, "In three days return to me again." And the people went away.
Literal Translation
And he said to them, Come again to me in three days; and the people went away.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde vnto them: Come to me agayne ouer thre dayes. And ye people wente their waye.
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he saide to them: Come againe vnto me after three dayes. And the people departed.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said unto them: 'Come again unto me after three days.' And the people departed.
King James Version (1611)
And hee said vnto them, Come againe vnto me after three dayes. And the people departed.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he said to them, Go away for three days, and then come to me. So the people departed.
English Revised Version
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
After thre daies turne ye ayen to me. And whanne the puple was goon, he took counsel with elde men,
Update Bible Version
And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.
New King James Version
So he said to them, "Come back to me after three days." And the people departed.
New Living Translation
Rehoboam replied, "Come back in three days for my answer." So the people went away.
New Life Bible
Rehoboam said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people left.
New Revised Standard
He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said unto them, Yet three days, and then return unto me, - and the people departed.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,
Revised Standard Version
He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith unto them, `Yet three days -- then return ye unto me;' and the people go.
THE MESSAGE
"Give me," said Rehoboam, "three days to think it over; then come back." So the people left.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to them, "Return to me again in three days." So the people departed.

Contextual Overview

1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the Israelites had gone to make him king. 2 Jeroboam son of Nebat was in Egypt, where he had gone to escape from King Solomon. When Jeroboam heard about Rehoboam being made king, he returned from Egypt. 3 After the people sent for him, he and the people went to Rehoboam and said to him, 4 "Your father forced us to work very hard. Now, make it easier for us, and don't make us work as he did. Then we will serve you." 5 Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days." So the people left. 6 King Rehoboam asked the elders who had advised Solomon during his lifetime, "How do you think I should answer these people?" 7 They answered, "Be kind to these people. If you please them and give them a kind answer, they will serve you always." 8 But Rehoboam rejected this advice. Instead, he asked the young men who had grown up with him and who served as his advisers. 9 Rehoboam asked them, "What is your advice? How should we answer these people who said, ‘Don't make us work as hard as your father did'?" 10 The young men who had grown up with him answered, "The people said to you, ‘Your father forced us to work very hard. Now make our work easier.' You should tell them, ‘My little finger is bigger than my father's legs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Come again: 1 Kings 12:5, Proverbs 3:28

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 12:4 - our yoke 2 Chronicles 10:12 - Come

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
This is the family history of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah. After the flood these three men had sons.
Genesis 10:9
He was a great hunter before the Lord , which is why people say someone is "like Nimrod, a great hunter before the Lord ."
Genesis 10:20
All these people were the sons of Ham, and all these families had their own languages, their own lands, and their own nations.
Genesis 10:25
Eber was the father of two sons—one named Peleg, because the earth was divided during his life, and the other was named Joktan.
Psalms 72:10
Let the kings of Tarshish and the faraway lands bring him gifts. Let the kings of Sheba and Seba bring their presents to him.
Isaiah 24:15
People in the east, praise the Lord . People in the islands of the sea, praise the name of the Lord , the God of Israel.
Isaiah 40:15
The nations are like one small drop in a bucket; they are no more than the dust on his measuring scales. To him the islands are no more than fine dust on his scales.
Isaiah 41:5
All you faraway places, look and be afraid; all you places far away on the earth, shake with fear. Come close and listen to me.
Isaiah 42:4
he will not lose hope or give up until he brings justice to the world. And people far away will trust his teachings."
Isaiah 42:10
Sing a new song to the Lord ; sing his praise everywhere on the earth. Praise him, you people who sail on the seas and you animals who live in them. Praise him, you people living in faraway places.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.


 
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