2 Chronicles 10:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come to me again on the third day.

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If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the old men,

And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away.