10. The young men who had grown up with him answered, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is heavier than my father’s whole body.
11. If my father put a heavy burden on you, I will add to it. If my father punished you with whips, I will punish you with scorpions.’ ”
12. So Jer o boam and all the people came back to Rehoboam two days later, as the king had instructed them.
13. The king answered them harshly. He ignored the older leaders’ advice.