Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the king responded to the people harshly, leaving behind the counsel of the elders that they had given to him. "
— 1 Kings 12:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;”
“And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, ”
“The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,”
“The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men”
“And the king answered the people roughly, leaving the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,”
“And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;”
“And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;”
And the young men who had been raised with him, said: “You shall speak in this way to this people, who have spoken to you, saying: ‘Your father weighed down our yoke. You should relieve us.’ You shall say this to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than the back of my father.
And now, my father placed a heavy yoke upon you, but I will add more upon your yoke. My father cut you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.’ ”
Therefore, Jeroboam and all the people went to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had spoken, saying, “Return to me on the third day.”
And the king responded to the people harshly, leaving behind the counsel of the elders that they had given to him.
And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: “My father weighed down your yoke, but I will add more to your yoke. My father cut you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.”
And the king did not acquiesce to the people. For the Lord had turned him away, so that he might raise up his word, which he had spoken by the hand of Ahijah, the Shilonite, to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.
And so the people, seeing that the king had not been willing to listen to them, responded to him, saying: “What part do we have in David? Or what inheritance do we have in the son of Jesse? Go to your own tents, O Israel. Now David, see to your own house.” And Israel went away to their own tents.