| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1858 - 226 pages
...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 ivith scorpions.' 2. Jeroboam, an enterprising dodQIe of the monarch, headed the revolters, wSo broke... | |
| Frances M. Wilbraham - 1859 - 238 pages
...Urged on by them, he made that memorable reply to his people, " 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." These scorpions, be it observed, were long strips of leather, garnished with iron spikes, and used... | |
| Thomas Smith Webb - Freemasonry - 1859 - 442 pages
...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. So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, come again... | |
| Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1859 - 366 pages
...listening to the advice of his aged counsellors, gave a harsh reply to this request, foolishly eaying, " My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." Immediately ten of the tribes renounced their allegiance to the headstrong prince, and elected JEROBOAM... | |
| Charles Kingsley - Essays - 1859 - 432 pages
...country. So down comes Rehoboam, taking counsel with the young men, and makes answer to England, ' My father chastised you with whips; but I will chastise you with scorpions.' He takes a base pleasure, shocking to the French ambassador, in sneering at the memory of Queen Elizabeth... | |
| 1859 - 980 pages
...after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but 1 will add thereto : id, Where fell it Î 15 So the king hearkened not «nto the people : for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform... | |
| Alexander Taylor (of Muthill.) - Bible - 1860 - 226 pages
...; he threatened the nation of Israel to make their yoke heavier than his father had done, saying, ' I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you...with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people said unto the king, What portion... | |
| 1860 - 1346 pages
...thicker than my father's loins. 11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more r, 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come... | |
| Giuseppe Barilli - 1860 - 408 pages
...Rejecting the wise counsel of the old men, Rehoboam answered the just demand of the people by saying : " my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, I will chastise you with scorpions." Such an answer rendered revolution... | |
| Joseph Henry Allen - Bible - 1861 - 468 pages
...: " My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins ; 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." Then was heard once more the terrible war-cry that had rung in David's ear at the dissension of the... | |
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