2 Chronicles 10:6-8

New American Standard Bible

⁶ And then King Rehoboam ^(A)consulted with the elders who had ^[a]served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” ⁷ They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to this people and please them and ^(B)speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always.” ⁸ But he ^(C)ignored the advice of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him ^[b]and served him.