So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had appointed, saying, “Come to me again the third day.”
Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your burden. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions!’ ”
The king answered the people roughly and forsook the counsel the old men gave him,
He said to them, “Depart for three days, and then come back to me.” And the people departed.