1 Kings 12:6-8
Read 1 Kings 12 in full →6Then King Rehoboam atook counsel with the elders who had stood before his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to respond to this people?” 7And they spoke to him, saying, “aIf you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and 1grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” 8But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had counseled him, and took counsel with the young men who grew up with him and stood before him.