He answered them, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people departed.
He said to them: “Go away for three more days and then come back to me.” So the people departed.
“Your father made our yoke grievous but now lighten the harsh labor of your father and his heavy yoke that he put on us—then we will serve you.”
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”
Do not say to your neighbor, “Come back later— I’ll give it tomorrow,” when you have it with you.