And they came, Jeroboam and all the people, to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Come back to me on the third day.
And now my father loaded a heavy yoke on you, and I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I will chastise you with scorpions.
And the king replied to the people harshly, and forsook the counsel of the elders which they advised him,
And he said to them, Go; yet in three days come back to me. And the people went.