1 Kings 12:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴ “Your father made our burdens unbearable.^[a] Therefore lighten your father’s requirements and his heavy burdens that he placed on us, and we’ll serve you.”

⁵ “Come again in three days,” Rehoboam^[b] told them. So the people left ⁶ while King Rehoboam conferred with his advisors who had worked for his father Solomon during his administration. He asked them, “What is your advice as to how I should respond to these people?”