1 Kings 12:5-7

Lexham English Bible

⁵ He said, “Go up for three days and then return to me”; so the people went away.

Rehoboam Seeks Counsel to Respond

⁶ Then King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who had been serving^[a] before Solomon his father when he was alive, saying, “How are you advising me to answer this people?”^{[b] 7} They said to him, “If you will be a servant today to this people, then you will serve them; and if you answer them and speak good words to them, they will always be your servants.”