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And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "This is what you should say to this people who spoke to you, saying: 'Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!' You should speak this way to them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!

'Now then, my father loaded you with a heavy yoke; yet I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with ^(F1)scorpions!'"

Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ^(F1)directed, saying, "^(C1)Return to me on the third day."

And the king answered the people harshly, for he ignored the advice of the elders which they had ^(F1)given him,

and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, "^(C1)My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with ^(F1)scorpions!"