1 Kings 12:7-9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁷ They said to him: If thou wilt yield to this people to day, and condescend to them, and grant their petition, and wilt speak gentle words to them, they will be thy servants always.

⁸ But he left the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men, that had been brought up with him, and stood before him.

⁹ And he said to them: What counsel do you give me, that I may answer this people, who have said to me: Make the yoke which thy father put upon us lighter?