1 Kings 12:5-7

New King James Version

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

⁶ Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

⁷ And they spoke to him, saying, ^(A)“If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”