3. After the people sent for him, he and the people went to Rehoboam and said to him,
4. “Your father forced us to work very hard. Now, make it easier for us, and don’t make us work as he did. Then we will serve you.”
5. Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people left.
6. King Rehoboam asked the elders who had advised Solomon during his lifetime, “How do you think I should answer these people?”
7. They answered, “Be kind to these people. If you please them and give them a kind answer, they will serve you always.”