So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.”
And now, whereas my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.’ ”
And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel which the old men had given him,
He said to them, “Depart for three days, then come again to me.” So the people went away.