10. The young men who had grown up with him said, “So you should speak to the people who have spoken to you saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it from us.’ So you will say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
11. Whereas my father placed a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke. My father chastened you with whips, but I will scourge you with scorpions.’ ”
12. So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had ordered saying, “Return to me on the third day.”
13. Then the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders.
14. He spoke to them with the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will increase it. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”
15. The king did not listen to the people, for the event occurred because of God, that the Lord might establish His word that He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16. When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king saying, “What portion do we have in David?We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.O Israel, each man to your tent.Now look after your own house, O David!”Then all Israel departed to their tents.
17. The sons of Israel dwelled in the cities of Judah, and Rehoboam reigned over them.
18. Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam hurried to mount his chariot and to flee to Jerusalem.
19. So Israel has rebelled against the house of David until this day.