1 Kings 12:13-15

Evangelical Heritage Version

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.”

¹⁵ The king did not listen to the people, because this turn of events was from the Lord, in order to fulfill his word, which the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah from Shiloh.