1 Kings 12:12-14

Revised Geneva Translation

¹² Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.”

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

¹⁴ and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke grievous, and I will make your yoke more grievous. My father has chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.”