1 Kings 12:5-7

Young's Literal Translation

⁵ And he saith unto them, `Go -- yet three days, and come back unto me;' and the people go.

⁶ And king Rehoboam consulteth with the elders who have been standing in the presence of Solomon his father, in his being alive, saying, `How are ye counselling to answer this people?'

⁷ And they speak unto him, saying, `If, to-day, thou art servant to this people, and hast served them, and answered them, and spoken unto them good words, then they have been to thee servants all the days.'