King James Version
1 Kings 12:3 in the King James Version says “That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,”
1 Kings 12:3 · KJV
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“That they sent”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“and called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“and spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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