¹² So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come to me again on the third day.

¹² So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.

¹³ And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

¹⁴ But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

¹⁵ So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.

⁵ And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away.