5. “Come back in three days and I will give you my answer,” he replied. So they left.
6. King Rehoboam consulted the older men who had served as his father Solomon's advisers. “What answer do you advise me to give these people?” he asked.
7. They replied, “If you want to serve this people well, give a favourable answer to their request, and they will always serve you loyally.”
8. But he ignored the advice of the older men and went instead to the young men who had grown up with him and who were now his advisers.