2 Chronicles 10:12-14

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹² So Jeroboam, and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.

¹³ And the king answered roughly, leaving the counsel of the ancients.

¹⁴ And he spoke according to the advice of the young men: My father laid upon you a heavy yoke, which I will make heavier: my father beat you with scourges, but I will beat you with scorpions.