1 Kings 12:4-8

“Your father made our yoke hard; but now, lighten the hard labor imposed by your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

Then he said to them, “Depart for three days, then return to me.” So the people departed.

And King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”

Then they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their request, and speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always.”

But he ignored the advice of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him and served him.