1 Kings 12:7-9

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁷ And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them and answer them with good words, they will be your servants forever.

⁸ But he forsook the counsel the old men gave him and consulted the young men who grew up with him and stood before him.

⁹ He said to them, What do you advise that we answer this people who have said, Make the yoke your father put on us lighter?