2 Chronicles 10:3-7

3So they sent word and summoned him. When Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying, 4“Your father made our 1yoke hard; but now, lighten the hard labor imposed by your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.” 5He said to them, “Return to me again in three days.” So the people departed.

6And then King Rehoboam 2consulted with the elders who had 3served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” 7They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to this people and please them and 4speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always.”