So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.”
So he said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” And the people departed.
And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’ ”
Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;