1 Kings 12:12-19 - Rehoboam Responds Unwisely With Disastrous Results

¹² Jeroboam and all of the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had spoken: "Return to me on the third day." ¹³ Then the king answered all the people harshly, [as] he had rejected the advice of the old men that they had offered. ¹⁴ He spoke to them according to the advice of the youngsters, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add onto your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions."

¹⁵ So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turning of events from Yahweh in order to fulfill his word which Yahweh had spoken through the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. ¹⁶ When all of Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "{What share do we have in David}? [There is] no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now look to your house, David!" Then Israel went to their tents. ¹⁷ The {Israelites} were living in the cities of Judah, and Rehoboam was reigning over them.

¹⁸ King Rehoboam sent Adoram who [was] over the forced labor, and all of Israel cast stones at him and he died, but King Rehoboam managed to get up on the chariot to flee [to] Jerusalem. ¹⁹ So Israel rebelled against the house of David until this day.