³ And they sent for him, and he came with all Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:

⁴ Thy father oppressed us with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.

⁵ And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,