...heavier on Israel than his father had done, he declared unto them, 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. 1 Kings, xii. Now it is declared, "The cause was from the Lord that he might perform his saying, which...

...death of Solomon, was caused by the declaration of Rehoboam, — "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," — which simply meant, that he would tax them heavily, and oppress them for his own benefit and aggrandizement....

...thicker than my fathers loins. И For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more ph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Mana»seh in h 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, «s the king bade, saying, Come...

...remonstrance, " answered them roughly ; 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." The extravagant lengths to which he stretched his royal prerogative, and the high-handed despotism...

...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 del !" Catesby turned angrily from the priest, whose air of tranquillity drove him, as...

...greatness and terror in their new prince ; " My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins ; my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. My father hath chastised you "with whips, I will chastise you with scorpions." The very words have stings : now...

...11. Au. Ver. — 11 For whereas my father put [Heb., laded] 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. See the notes upon 1 Kings xii. 11, vol. ii., p. 813. I will chastise you [so all the versions, with...

...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. 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people : ° for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform...

...despot, he replied to their complaints in the following language : ' 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' 2. Jeroboam, an enterprising domestic of the monarch, headed the revolters, who broke forth with the...

...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...