And he said to them, Go away for three days and then come back to me again. So the people went away.
So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.
Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?