2 Chronicles 10:12

Verse

After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

American Standard Version (1901)

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.

Bible in Basic English

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come to me again on the third day.

Douay-Rheims 1899

So Jeroboam, and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.

Free Bible Version

Three days later, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, because the king had told them, “Come back in three days time.”

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the King had appointed saying, Come againe to me the third day.

King James (Authorized) Version

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.

Translation for Translators

Three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to King Rehoboam again, which is what he had told them to do.

Unlocked Literal Bible

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

Noah Webster Bible

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king directed, saying, Come again to me on the third day.

World English Bible

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”

Young's Literal Translation

And Jeroboam cometh in, and all the people, unto Rehoboam on the third day, as the king spake, saying, 'Return unto me on the third day.'

Context

Rebellion against Rehoboam

¹¹Whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.’”¹²After three days, Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, since the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”¹³And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders

Sermons

The Lord Stirred Up the Spirit of Cyrus.

F.B. Meyer

Summary

In this verse, Rehoboam, the son of King Solomon, seeks advice from the elders who had served his father. However, he rejects their counsel to lighten the burden on the people, choosing instead to follow the advice of his peers. This decision ultimately leads to the division of the kingdom of Israel. The verse serves as a cautionary tale about the consequences of pride, arrogance, and the importance of seeking wise counsel in making decisions.

Commentary

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry Bible Commentary

We may learn here, 1. That when public affairs are in a ferment violent proceedings do but make bad worse. Rough answers (such as Rehoboam here gave) do but stir up anger and bring oil to the flames. The pilot has need to steer steadily in a storm. Many have been driven to the mischief they did not intend by being too severely dealt with for what they did intend. 2. That, whatever the devices and designs of men are, God is, by all, doing his own work, and fulfilling the word which he has spoken, no iota or tittle of which shall fall to the ground. The cause of the king's obstinacy and thoughtlessness was of God, that he might perform the word which he spoke by Ahijah, Ch2 10:15. This does not at all excuse Rehoboam's folly, nor lessen the guilt of his haughtiness and passion, that God was pleased to serve his own ends by them. 3. That worldly wealth, honour, and dominion, are very uncertain things. Solomon reigned over all Israel, and, one would think, had done enough to secure the monarchy entire to his family for many ages; and yet he is scarcely cold in his grave before ten of the twelve tribes finally revolt from his son. All the good services he had done for Israel were now forgotten: What portion have we in David? Thus is the government of Christ cast off by many, notwithstanding all he has done to bind the children of men for ever to himself; they say, We will not have this man to reign over us. But this rebellion will certainly be their ruin. 4. That God often visits the iniquities of the fathers upon the children. Solomon forsakes God, and therefore not he, but his son after him, is forsaken by the greatest part of his people. Thus God, by making the penal consequences of sin to last long and visibly to continue after the sinner's death, would give an indication of its malignity, and perhaps some intimation of the perpetuity of its punishment. He that sins against God not only wrongs his soul, but perhaps wrongs his seed more than he thinks of. 5. That, when God is fulfilling his threatenings, he will take care of that, at the same time, promises do not fall to the ground. When Solomon's iniquity is remembered, and for it his son loses ten tribes, David's piety is not forgotten, nor the promise made to him; but for the sake of that his grandson had two tribes preserved to him. The failings of the saints shall not frustrate any promise made to Christ their Head. They shall be chastised, but the covenant not broken, Psa 89:31-34.