³ So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel^(A) went to Rehoboam and said to him: ⁴ “Your father put a heavy yoke on us,^(B) but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

⁵ Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people went away.