2 Chronicles 10:4-6

New Century Version

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?”