2 Chronicles 10:5

And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
again	וְשׁ֣וּבוּ ve.Shu.vu	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
three	שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת she.Lo.shet	H7969	three · noun, common both genders singular construct
days	יָמִ֖ים ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
people	הָעָֽם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
departed	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
Proverbs 3:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 10:1-11

We may observe here, 1. The wisest and best cannot give every body content. Solomon enriched and advanced his kingdom, did all (one would think) that could be done to make then happy and easy; and yet either he was indiscreet in burdening them with the imposition of taxes and services, or at least there was some colour of reason to think him so. No man is perfectly wise. It is probable that it was when Solomon had declined from God and his duty that his wisdom failed him, and God left him to himself to act in this impolitic manner. Even Solomon's treasures were exhausted by his love of women; and probably it was to maintain them, and their pride, luxury, and idolatry, that he burdened his su…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 10:3

And they sent--rather, "for they had sent," &c. This is stated as the reason of Jeroboam's return from Egypt.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 10:1

Rehoboam went to Shechem - This chapter is almost word for word the same as 1 Kings 12:1-19, to the notes on which the reader is referred.

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 10:1–end

This event is narrated in our chapter, except in so far as a few unessential differences in form are concerned, exactly as we have it in 1 Kings 12:1-19; so that we may refer for the exposition of it to the commentary on 1 Kings 12, where we have both treated the contents of this chapter, and have also discussed the deeper and more latent causes of this event, so important in its consequences.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 10:4

Rehoboam was not powerful enough to enforce taxation over the northern tribes, so they demanded concessions to remain under his rule.

Rashi

Dictionary and topics

Israel, Kingdom of — (B.C. 975-B.C. 722). Soon after the death of Solomon, Ahijah’s prophecy (1 Kings 11:31-35) was fulfilled, and the kingdom was rent in twain. Rehoboam, the son and successor of Solomon, was scarcely…
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Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).