5 But he said, 'Return to me after three days.' And when the people had gone away,
6 he took counsel with the elders, who had stood before his father Solomon while he was still living, saying, 'What counsel would you give to me, so that I may respond to the people?'
7 And they said to him, 'If you please this people, and if you soothe them with words of clemency, they will be your servants for all days.'
8 But he set aside the counsel of the elders, and he began to have discussion with the youth, who had been raised with him and who were among his companions.
9 And he said to them: 'How does it seem to you? Or how should I respond to this people, who have said to me, 'Lift up the yoke that your father imposed upon us?'
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