1 Kings 12:6-8

New Catholic Bible

⁶ King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had stood before Solomon, his father, during his lifetime. He said, “How do you advise me to answer this people, so that I can give them an answer?” ⁷ They answered him, “If you become a servant to this people today and you serve them and you give them a favorable answer, then they will be your servants forever.”

⁸ But he ignored the advice that the elders had given him, and instead, he consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and who stood before him.