1 Kings 12:5-7

5He said to them, “Go away for three days, then return to me.” So the people went away.

6King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

7They said to him, “Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward.”