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'Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.' "
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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day."
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The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders.
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He spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."
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So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God that the LORD might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.