1 Kings 12:5-7

Modern English Version

⁵ He said to them, “Depart for three days, and then come back to me.” And the people departed.

⁶ King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who advised his father Solomon while he was still alive and asked, “How do you advise me to answer the people?”

⁷ And they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people this day and will serve them and answer them and speak kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”