¹² part of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived,^(A) for he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.

¹³ David asked him, “Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?”

He said, “I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite.^(A) My master abandoned me when I became ill three days ago.

⁵ Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people went away.

¹² Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, “Come back to me in three days.”