1 Kings 12:5-7

New International Reader's Version

⁵ Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days. Then come back to me.” So the people went away.

⁶ King Rehoboam asked the elders for advice. They had served his father Solomon while he was still living. Rehoboam asked them, “What advice can you give me? How should I answer these people?”

⁷ They replied, “Serve them today. Give them what they are asking for. Then they’ll always serve you.”