King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, “What counsel do y’all give me about how to answer these people?”
For y’all have dealt deceitfully against your* own souls. For y’all sent me to YHWH y’all’s God, saying, ‘You must pray for us to YHWH our God. Declare to us all that YHWH our God says, and we will do it.’
Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.