11. ‘And now, my father put a heavy yoke on you, but I, I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I with scourges!’ ”
12. So Yaroḇ‛am and all the people came to Reḥaḇ‛am on the third day, as the sovereign commanded, saying, “Come back to me the third day.”
13. And the sovereign answered them harshly. Thus Sovereign Reḥaḇ‛am ignored the advice of the elders,