2Ch2Cr 2 Chronicles2 Cronache, chaptercapitolo Second Book of ChroniclesSecondo Libro delle Cronache, chaptercapitolo 10

And the king answered them roughly; and king Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] forsook the counsel of the old men,

And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.