And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according unto all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;\par\tab And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:\par\tab Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.