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Douay-Rheims Bible

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.

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";
Darby Translation
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.
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.
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 Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king. 2 But Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who was yet in Egypt, a fugitive from the face of king Solomon, hearing of his death, returned out of Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying: 4 Thy 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. 5 And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone, 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? 7 They said to him: If thou wilt yield to this people to day, and condescend to them, and grant their petition, and wilt speak gentle words to them, they will be thy servants always. 8 But he left the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that had been brought up with him, and stood before him. 9 And he said to them: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people, who have said to me: Make the yoke, which thy father put upon us, lighter? 10 And the young men that had been brought up with him, said: Thus shalt thou speak to this people, who have spoken to thee, saying: Thy father made our yoke heavy, do thou ease us. Thou shalt say to them: My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.

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 passing on from thence to a mountain, that was on the east side of Bethel, he there pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: he built there also an altar to the Lord, and called upon his name.
Genesis 12:10
And there came a famine in the country: and Abram went down into Egypt, to sojourn there: for the famine was very grievous in the land.
Genesis 20:11
Abraham answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:
Genesis 26:7
And when he was asked by the men of that place, concerning his wife, he answered: She is my sister: for he was afraid to confess that she was his wife, thinking lest perhaps they would kill him because of her beauty.
1 Samuel 27:1
And David said in his heart: I shall one day or other fall into the hands of Saul: is it not better for me to flee, and to be saved in the land of the Philistines, that Saul may despair of me, and cease to seek me in all the coasts of Israel? I will flee then out of his hands.
Proverbs 29:25
He that feareth man shall quickly fall: he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be set on high.
Matthew 10:28
And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can 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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