They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.

They said to him, “If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward.”

The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him, “Say this to these people who have said to you, ‘Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden’ – say this to them: ‘I am a lot harsher than my father!

So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the supervisor of the wardrobe. (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh district.) They stated their business,