NASB
"So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day.""
— 2 Chronicles 10:12, NASB
“So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.”
“So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. ”
“So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, "Come to me again the third day."”
“Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said,“Return to me on the third day.””
“So Jeroboam, and all the people came to Roboam the third day, as he commanded them.”
“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.”
“So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.”
So he said to them, "What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke which your father put on us'?"
The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us.' Thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins!
'Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'"
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day."
The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders.
He spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."
So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God that the LORD might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.