1 Kings 12:5
“And hee said vnto them, Depart yet for three daies, then come againe to me. And the people departed.”
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1 Kings 12:5 Context
3That they sent, and called him: and Ieroboam and all the Congregation of Israel came, and spake vnto Rehoboam, saying; 4Thy father made our yoke grieuous: now therefore, make thou the grieuous seruice of thy father, and his heauy yoke which he put vpon vs, lighter, and we will serue thee. 5And hee said vnto them, Depart yet for three daies, then come againe to me. And the people departed. 6¶ And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men that stood before Solomon his father, while he yet liued, and said, How doe you aduise, that I may answere this people? 7And they spake vnto him, saying, If thou wilt be a seruant vnto this people this day, and wilt serue them, and answere them, and speake good words to them, then they will be thy seruants for euer.
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And he said unto them, Depart yet [for] three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
- King James Version
Then he said to them, "Depart for three days, then return to me. So the people departed."
- New American Standard Version (1995)