What Does 1 Kings 12:3 Mean in the King James?
That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse’s first movement is release: a summons crosses distance and brings a people into the king’s presence before their words are heard.
THE MEANING
A message goes out, Jeroboam and Israel’s whole assembly come to Rehoboam, and they speak as a gathered body. Before their request is voiced, separation has already become encounter.
THE ROOT
וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ
vayyishlechu
GROWS FROM
שׁלח
shalach
Send, send forth, release, let go.
“sent” in this verse is vayyishlechu. The word for sending carries the sense of releasing something outward. Here, the call does not stay at a distance: it brings people into the place where they can speak.
ALSO GROWS
shaluach: One sent; a messenger.
שָׁלוּחַ
The sent one carries a summons across the distance between sender and recipient.
shilluaḥ: Sending away; dismissal.
שִׁלּוּחַ
This branch makes the release within sending plain: what is sent is let go from its starting place.
וַיִּקְרְאוּ
vayyiqre'u
GROWS FROM
קרא
qara
Call, proclaim, name, read aloud.
“called” in this verse is vayyiqre'u. The root behind calling also gives words for reading aloud and proclamation, joining a summons to a voice made public. The call gives the sending a destination and gathers the speech that follows.
ALSO GROWS
miqra: Reading aloud; proclamation; convocation.
מִקְרָא
The same root that calls a person can also name a public reading or gathering.
qore: One who calls or reads aloud.
קֹרֵא
This branch holds calling and voiced reading together, echoing the public speech beginning in the verse.
THE PATTERN
A sending opens a path from distance to encounter, where a word can be heard or spoken.
Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.THE THREAD
Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.Both verses use the Hebrew root שׁלח (shalach), meaning send forth and release. In Exodus the sending is tied to bringing a people out of Egypt; here it gathers Israel before Rehoboam so their words can be heard.
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