1 Kings 12:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ And he said to them: Go till the third day, and come to me again. And when the people was gone,

⁶ King Roboam took counsel with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and he said: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people?

⁷ They said to him: If thou wilt yield to this people to day, and condescend to them, and grant their petition, and wilt speak gentle words to them, they will be thy servants always.