1 Kings 12:12-14

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, because the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”

¹³ The king answered the people harshly, because he had rejected the advice which the old men had offered. ¹⁴ He spoke to them as the young men advised him: “My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.”