So Jerobo´am and all the people came to Rehobo´am on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehobo´am forsook the counsel of the old men,
And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.