1 Kings 12:10-12

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁰ The young men who had grown up with him said, “This is what you should say to this people who said to you, ‘Your father laid a heavy yoke on us. Now lighten our yoke.’ Tell them this: ‘My little finger^[a] is thicker than my father’s waist.^{[b] 11} My father imposed a heavy yoke on you. I will make your yoke heavier. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.’”^[c]

¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, because the king had said, “Come back to me on the third day.”