Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;
1 Kings 12:13
Surrounding context
12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, "Come back to me the third day."
12:13 Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;
12:14 and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!"