Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king told them, saying, “Come back to me on the third day.”
So now, my father laid on you a heavy yoke, and as for me, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but as for me, I will chastise you with scorpions.’”
The king answered the people harshly. He rejected the counsel the elders had given him,
He said to them: “Go away for three more days and then come back to me.” So the people departed.