◄ 2 Chronicles 10:5 ►
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Good News Translation
Rehoboam replied, "Give me three days to consider the matter. Then come back." So the people left.

New Revised Standard Version
He said to them, “Come to me again in three days.” So the people went away.

Contemporary English Version
Rehoboam replied, "Come back in three days for my answer." So the people left.

New American Bible
He answered them, “Come back to me in three days,” and the people went away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,

Come again

1 Kings 12:5 And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,

Proverbs 3:28 Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in thee.

Context
Rebellion Against Rehoboam
…4Thy father oppressed with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee. 5And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,6He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you to me, that I may answer the people?…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 10:4
Thy father oppressed with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.

2 Chronicles 10:6
He took counsel with the ancients, who had stood before his father Solomon, while he yet lived, saying: What counsel give you to me, that I may answer the people?

2 Chronicles 10:4
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