11. And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’ ”
12. So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.”
13. Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;
14. and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”
15. So the king did not listen to the people; for the turn of events was from the Lord, that He might fulfill His word, which the Lord had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16. Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying:“What share have we in David?We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.To your tents, O Israel!Now, see to your own house, O David!”So Israel departed to their tents.
17. But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.