1 Kings 12:12

Rehoboam Responds Unwisely with Disastrous Results

12 Jeroboam and all of the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken: "Return to me on the third day."

1 Kings 12:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 12:12

So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,
&c.] Jeroboam came to him at the head of the people, being the head of the faction, and designed for their king:

as the king had appointed, saying, come to me again the third day;
see ( 1 Kings 12:5 ) .

1 Kings 12:12 In-Context

10 Then the youngsters who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you: 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten [it] for us,' you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

11 So then, my father loaded a heavy yoke on all of you, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions!'"

12 Jeroboam and all of the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken: "Return to me on the third day."

13 Then the king answered all the people harshly, [as] he had rejected the advice of the old men that they had offered.

14 He spoke to them according to the advice of the youngsters, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add onto your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."