2 Chronicles 10:5
in 2 Chronicles 10Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
KJV
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 10
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
Jeroboam and all Israel came
on 2 Chronicles 10:3-5
The tribes state their grievance in one clause, ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, naming the forced labor and taxation that built the temple and Solomon's court. Rehoboam asks three days, a delay that reads as prudence but becomes the space in which he changes counselors. Nothing in the request itself is rebellion; it is a petition a wise king could have answered without losing half a kingdom.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵהֶ֗ם | ʾalehem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| ע֛וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת | sheloshet | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| יָמִ֖ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וְשׁ֣וּבוּ | veshuvu | and return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֵלָ֑י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and it went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| הָעָֽם׃ ס | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵהֶ֗םto them
ʾalehemH413 →5510 times
ע֛וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁתthree
sheloshetH7969 →432 times
יָמִ֖יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
וְשׁ֣וּבוּand return
veshuvuH7725 →1056 times
אֵלָ֑יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְand it went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
הָעָֽם׃ סthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 3:28Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.
it leads to
- Leviticus 19:13
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- Deuteronomy 24:12–15
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
- 2 Corinthians 8:11
Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
- Leviticus 19:13
Through
1 Kings 12:5Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 12:12
After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
- 1 Kings 12:12
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.