Rebellion against Rehoboam
1 Kings 12:12
In 11 translations
- BSB
- After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”
- 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.
- WEB
- So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”
- ASV
- So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
- LSV
- And they come—Jeroboam and all the people—to Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.”
- YLT
- And they come — Jeroboam and all the people — unto Rehoboam, on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, 'Come back unto me on the third day.'
- DBY
- And Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed saying, Come again to me on the third day.
- DRC
- So Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying: Come to me again the third day.
- GNV
- Then Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me againe ye thirde day.
- JPS
- So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying: 'Come to me again the third day.'
- LXXE
- And all Israel came to king Roboam on the third day, as the king spoke to them, saying, Return to me on the third day.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Leningrad Codex reads וַיָּב֨וֹ; read aloud (Qere) reads וַיָּב֨וֹא (“and he came”).
- Written (Ketiv): וַיָּבוֹ. Read aloud (Qere): וַיָּב֨וֹא (“and he came”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- ויבו יָרָבְעָ֧ם וְכָל־הָעָ֛ם אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֖ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר שׁ֥וּבוּ אֵלַ֖י בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִֽׁי׃Read aloud as (qere): וַיָּב֨וֹא
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ παρεγένοντο πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Ῥοβοὰμ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, καθότι ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς, λέγων, ἀναστράφητε πρὸς μὲ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ.
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JeroboamRehoboamRevoltCounselEphraim, The tribe ofPetitionIsrael, Kingdom ofAdoniramRashnessYoung Men
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Kings 12:5Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.
- 2 Chronicles 10:12–14After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.” And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders and…
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