1 Kings 12:7 CPDV

⁵  And he said to them, 'Go away, until the third day, and then return to me.' And when the people had gone away,

⁶  king Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had assisted before his father Solomon while he was still living. And he said, 'What counsel do you give to me, so that I may respond to this people?'

⁷  They said to him, 'If today you will obey and serve this people, and yield to their petition, and if you will speak lenient words to them, they will be your servants for all days.'

⁸  But he abandoned the counsel of the old men, which they had given to him. And he consulted the young men who had been raised with him, and who were assisting him.

⁹  And he said to them: 'What counsel do you give to me, so that I may respond to this people, who have said to me: 'Make light the yoke that your father imposed on us?'