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11 My father imposed a heavy yoke on you. I will add to your yoke. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.’”[a]

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed: “Come back to me on the third day.”

13 The king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the old men.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 10:11 Possibly a name for a particularly painful kind of scourge, here and in verse 14