1 Kings 12:5-7

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁵ He said to them, ‘Go away for three days, then come again to me.’ So the people went away.

⁶ Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the older men who had attended his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, ‘How do you advise me to answer this people?’ ⁷ They answered him, ‘If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants for ever.’