Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people went away.
Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then come back to me.” So the people went away.
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked.
Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”— when you already have it with you.