Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people? 010:007 They spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever. 010:008 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him. 010:009 He said to them, What counsel give you, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter? 010:010 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you tell the people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make you it lighter to us; thus shall you say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's waist. 010:011 Now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions. 010:012 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. 010:013 The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, 010:014 and spoke to them after the counsel 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. 010:015 So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought about of God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 010:016 When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, Israel: now see to your own house, David. So all Israel departed to their tents. 010:017 But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 010:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 010:019 So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day. 011:001 When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 011:002 But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 011:003 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,