2 Chronicles 10:5

2 Chronicles 10:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
• New International Version (NIV)Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people went away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He said to them, "Come to me again in three days." So the people went away.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he said to them, “Come back to me after three days.” And the people departed.

Context of 2 Chronicles 10:5

3So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said, 4“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.” Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed. 6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked. 7They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

2 Chronicles 10:5 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם ע֛וֹד שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִ֖ים וְשׁ֣וּבוּ אֵלָ֑י וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ הָעָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• Rehoboam answeredאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Come backשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
• to meאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• inעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• So the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• departedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 10:5

• 1 Kings 12:5Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
• Proverbs 3:28Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 10:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-152Ch 10:1-15. Rehoboam Refusing the Old Men's Good Counsel. 1. Rehoboam went to Shechem--(See on 1Ki 12:1). This chapter is, with a few verbal alterations, the same as in 1Ki 12:1-19.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 10:5

• Candidate
• Rehoboam
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Advice
• Ease
• Israel, Kingdom of
• Adoniram
• Jeroboam
• Rehoboam

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings