King James Version (KJV)
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; {roughly: Heb. hardly}
Modern English
The king answered the people roughly, and abandoned the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
Hebrew
וַיַּ֧עַן הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם קָשָׁ֑ה וַֽיַּעֲזֹ֛ב אֶת־עֲצַ֥ת הַזְּקֵנִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְעָצֻֽהוּ׃
vayaʿan hamelek ʾet-haʿam qashah vayaʿazob ʾet-ʿaṣat hazqeniym ʾasher yʿaṣuhv