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1 Kings 12:5

“Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.”
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3So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

4“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

5Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then return to me.” So the people departed.

6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

7They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

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