2 Chronicles 10:4-8

“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.”

He said to them, “Return to me again in three days.” So the people departed.

And then 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?”

They spoke to him, saying, “If you are kind to this people and please them 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.