2 Chronicles 10:3-7

3So they sent and summoned him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and spoke to Rehoboam saying,

4“Your father made our yoke grievous but now lighten the harsh labor of your father and his heavy yoke that he put on us—then we will serve you.”

5He answered them, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.

6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”

7They answered him saying, “If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”