1 Kings 12:12

1 Kings 12:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, “Come back to me in three days.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, "Come to me again the third day."
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.”

Context of 1 Kings 12:12

10The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him saying: “Thus you should say to these people who spoke to you saying ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us!’ thus you should say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins! 11So now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and as for me, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but as for me, I will chastise you with scorpions.’” Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king told them, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.” 13The king answered the people harshly. He rejected the counsel the elders had given him, 14and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

1 Kings 12:12 word by word

וַיָּב֨וֹא יָרָבְעָ֧ם וְכָל־הָעָ֛ם אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֖ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר שׁ֥וּבוּ אֵלַ֖י בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Jeroboamיָֽרָבְעָםyârob‛âm · JeroboamH3379
• and all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to Rehoboamרְחַבְעָםrechab‛âm · RehoboamH7346
• the thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• as the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• had appointedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Come to me againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725

Cross-references for 1 Kings 12:12

• 1 Kings 12:5He said to them: “Go away for three more days and then come back to me.” So the people departed.
• 2 Chronicles 10:12Then Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had said to them saying, “Come back to me on the third day.”

Commentaries on 1 Kings 12:12

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17Rehoboam listened to his younger advisers, which was a terrible choice. It caused the northern tribes to break away, leading to years of on-and-off fighting (1 Kings 14:30; 15:7, 32). from the LORD: God guided these decisions to carry out the predicted judgment against Solomon (1 Kings 11:11–13, 29Ý39).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 12:12

• Counsel
• Government
• Jeroboam
• Petition
• Rashness
• Rehoboam
• Revolt
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Jeroboam
• Rehoboam
• Third Day
• Add
• Consult
• Ephraim, The tribe of
• Heavy
• Israel, Kingdom of
• Ordain
• Scorpion

Commentaries on 1 Kings 12

• 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
• 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