...after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but 1 will add thereto : id, Where fell it Î 15 So the king hearkened not «nto the people : for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform...

...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...

...listening to the advice of his aged counsellors, gave a harsh reply to this request, foolishly eaying, " My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." Immediately ten of the tribes renounced their allegiance to the headstrong prince, and elected JEROBOAM...

...; he threatened the nation of Israel to make their yoke heavier than his father had done, saying, ' I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you...with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people said unto the king, What portion...

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

...: " My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins ; 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." Then was heard once more the terrible war-cry that had rung in David's ear at the dissension of the...

...little finger is thicker than my father's loins. And now, my father laid upon you a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you 12 with scorpions.' " And Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam, on the third day, according...

...and took that of the young and foolish men ; and on the third day, he answered the people, saying, My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. Then the ten tribes rebelled against him, and set Jeroboam as king over them, according to the word...

...the third day; and the king answered the people roughly, after the counsel of the young men, saying, my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your...with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.' Fiat voluntas dei !" Catesby turned angrily from the priest, whose air of tranquillity drove him, as...

...verse. The other view to which reference has been made draws its strength from 1 Kings xii. 11 — " My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions ;" and from the parallel passage 2 Chron. x. 11. But "scorpion" in this passage has no reference to...