 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 590 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... | |
 | Hosea Ballou, George Homer Emerson, Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Richard Eddy - 1856 - 464 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." There was heard once more the terrible war-cry that had rung in David's ear at the dissension of the... | |
 | George Smith - 1856 - 626 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." Verses 10, 11. This rash and unreasonable course was pursued; and when the young sovereign gave his... | |
 | 1856 - 452 pages
...thicker than my father's loins : for whereas my father did 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 " [Id. ver. 10, 11]. This, I remark, was said by him through levity; but in sober truth it applies... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1857 - 158 pages
...unwisely declared that instead of requiring less of them, he should demand more. " My father," said he, " made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke ; my...with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." This unwise language alienated from his government ten tribes, who made Jeroboam, a declared enemy... | |
 | 1913 - 916 pages
...my thumb to my heart. I feel no hesitancy in saying that when Rehoboam said to the people of Israel, 'My father chastised you with whips but I will chastise you with scorpions,' he made a telling figure, and the people of that country, which is full of all manner of 'creeping... | |
 | Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1857 - 486 pages
...request, declaring that the imposts should be augmented rather than diminished, and foolishly saying, " My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions (ie heavy whips, armed with iron prickles)." Immediately ten of the tribes renounced their allegiance... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
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I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 
