2 Chronicles 10:9-11

Living Bible

^8-9 But he rejected their advice and asked the opinion of the young men who had grown up with him. “What do you fellows think I should do?” he asked. “Shall I be easier on them than my father was?”

¹⁰ “No!” they replied. “Tell them, ‘If you think my father was hard on you, just wait and see what I’ll be like!’ Tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins! ¹¹ I am going to be tougher on you, not easier! My father used whips on you, but I’ll use scorpions!’”