2 Chronicles 10:4-6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ ‘Your father made our yoke harsh. Therefore, lighten your father’s harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.’

⁵ Rehoboam replied, ‘Return to me in three days.’ So the people left.

⁶ Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had attended his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, ‘How do you advise me to respond to this people? ’