World English Bible
2 Chronicles 10:13
“The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,”
Verse in context — 2 Chronicles 10
Now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, "Come to me again the third day.
The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought about of God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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Solomon’s reign and Judah’s history until the Babylonian exile.
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