1 Kings 12:4-6

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁴ Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore lighten the hard service and the heavy yoke your father put upon us, and we will serve you.

⁵ He replied, Go away for three days and then return to me. So the people departed.

⁶ And King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived and said, How do you advise me to answer this people?