1 Kings 12:5-7

Living Bible

⁵ “Give me three days to think this over,” Rehoboam replied. “Come back then for my answer.” So the people left.

⁶ Rehoboam talked it over with the old men who had counseled his father Solomon.

“What do you think I should do?” he asked them.

⁷ And they replied, “If you give them a pleasant reply and agree to be good to them and serve them well, you can be their king forever.”