1 Kings 12:12 BBE

¹⁰  And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

¹¹  If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give you blows with snakes.

¹²  So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.

¹³  And the king gave them a rough answer, giving no attention to the suggestion of the old men;

¹⁴  But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.