He said to them, “Come to me again in three days.” So the people went away.
He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come again to me.” So the people went away.
“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke upon us, and we will serve you.”
Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.