So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had said, “Come to me again the third day.”
Now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’ ”
The king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men;
He said to them, “Come to me again in three days.” So the people went away.