1 Kings 12:13-15

21st Century King James Version

¹³ And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him,

¹⁴ and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke. My father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions!”

¹⁵ Therefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that He might perform His saying which the Lord spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.