Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days. Then come back to me.” So the people went away.
Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam. That’s because the king had said, “Come back to me in three days.”
King Rehoboam asked the elders for advice. They had served his father Solomon while he was still living. Rehoboam asked them, “What advice can you give me? How should I answer these people?”