2 Chronicles 10:7
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
The words were spoken by Rehoboam's older advisers as counsel for his answer to the people. They urged him to be kind to the people, to please them by granting their request, and to answer them with good, gracious and reassuring words. They promised that if he responded in this kind way, the people would remain loyal to him and serve him forever.
Their counsel meant breaking with the course of preserving and even increasing the oppressive policies that had marked Solomon's reign. Rehoboam's refusal to heed this call for reform helped bring about the division of the kingdom.