And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
So Jerobo´am and all the people came to Rehobo´am the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
And king Rehobo´am consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?