1Ki 12:7, Jer 12:6 | ESV | STEP | And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever .

b[See ver. 1 above]

1 Kings 12:7

7 And they said to him, “If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.”

Jeremiah 12:6

6 For ^aeven your brothers and the house of your father,
^beven they have dealt treacherously with you;
they are in full cry after you;
^cdo not believe them,
though they speak friendly words to you.”