2 Chronicles 10:1-7 ▼

1 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

2 When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard about it (he was in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

3 So they sent word and summoned him. When Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

4 “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.”

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

6 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?”

7 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.”