He said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. The people departed.
So Yarov`am and all the people came to Rechav`am the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
King Rechav`am took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Shlomo his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people?