Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. "How do you advise me to respond to these people?" he asked.

1 Kings 4:1
So King Solomon ruled over Israel,

Job 12:12
Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

Job 32:7
I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.

Proverbs 27:10
Do not forsake your friend or your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do you advise that I may answer this people?