2 Chronicles 10:1-7 ▼

1 And Rehoboam goes to Shechem, for all of Israel has come [to] Shechem to cause him to reign.

2 And it comes to pass, at Jeroboam son of Nebat—who [is] in Egypt because he has fled from the face of Solomon the king—hearing, that Jeroboam turns back out of Egypt;

3 and they send and call for him, and Jeroboam comes in, and all of Israel, and they speak to Rehoboam, saying,

4 “Your father made our yoke sharp, and now, make light [some] of the sharp service of your father, and [some] of his heavy yoke that he put on us, and we serve you.”

5 And he says to them, “Yet three days—then return to me”; and the people go.

6 And King Rehoboam consults with the aged men who have been standing before his father Solomon in his being alive, saying, “How are you counseling to answer this people?”

7 And they speak to him, saying, “If you become good to this people, and have been pleased with them, and spoken to them good words, then they have been servants to you [for] all the days.”