3 And they summoned him, and he arrived with all of Israel. And they spoke to Rehoboam, saying:
4 "Your father pressed upon us a very difficult yoke. You should govern us more lightly than your father, who imposed on us a heavy servitude, and so lift up some of the burden, so that we may serve you."
5 But he said, "Return to me after three days." And when the people had gone away,
6 he took counsel with the elders, who had stood before his father Solomon while he was still living, saying, "What counsel would you give to me, so that I may respond to the people?"
7 And they said to him, "If you please this people, and if you soothe them with words of clemency, they will be your servants for all days."
8 But he set aside the counsel of the elders, and he began to have discussion with the youth, who had been raised with him and who were among his companions.
9 And he said to them: "How does it seem to you? Or how should I respond to this people, who have said to me, 'Lift up the yoke that your father imposed upon us?' "