...whereas my father iput a heavy • Ge. 15. 18. IKi. 4. 21. Ps. 72. 8. yoke upon you, I will put more alt see 12 So Jeroboam and all the people 0 ie iuJ> r e». came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade,...

...be thicker than my father's loins. For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." (Verses 10, 11.) This rash and unreasonable course was pursued ; and when the young sovereign gave...

...be thicker than my father's loins. For, whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again...

...old men, and followed the counsel of the young men, saying, " My father made your -yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke ; my father chastised you with -whips, and I will chastise you with •scorpions." So the king hearkened not unto the people ; for the cause...

...without murmuring; and when the people, petitioning their new king for relief, received for answer, " my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions," they broke out into open revolt; and ten of the tribes renouncing their allegiance to the house of...

...of his young companions, answered the people roughly, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke ; my father chastised you...with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." The haughty monarch was left to take his own course. There was no sympathy between him and his people....

...thicker than my father's loins. 11 For whereas my father 'put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come...

...iron. " My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke," said the foolish Rehoboam ; " my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." " To your tents, O Israel," was the cry of the Hampdens and Cromwells of the northern tribes, and the...

...king went out before the people, and said, " My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." The result of this wicked and tyrannical conduct was an insurrection among the Israelites ; and all...

...country. So down comes Rehoboam, taking counsel with the young men, and makes answer to England, " My father chastised you with whips ; but I will chastise you with scorpions." He takes a base pleasure, shocking to the French ambassador, in sneering at the memory of Queen Elizabeth...