5
He said to them, "Come back the day after tomorrow." So the people left.
6
King Rehoboam sought advice from the older leaders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive. He asked, "What do you advise? How should I respond to these people?"
7
They told him, "If you are good to these people and try to please them by speaking gently to them, then they will always be your servants."
8
But he ignored the advice the older leaders gave him. He sought advice from the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him.
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He asked them, "What is your advice? How should we respond to these people who are asking me to lighten the burden my father put on them?"