So Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.
And he said to them: Come to me again after three days. And when the people were gone,
My father laid upon you a heavy yoke: and I will add more weight to it. My father beat you with scourges: but I will beat you with scorpions.
And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.