2 Chronicles 10:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Jeroboam the son of Nebat was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, when he heard about the new king; so Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon), that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

Common English Bible

² When Jeroboam, Nebat’s son, heard the news, he returned from Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² But when Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (indeed he had fled to that place from Solomon) had heard it, he promptly returned.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And when Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt (for he was fled thither from Solomon), heard it, forthwith he returned.

2 Chronicles 10:2 Cross References

1 Kings 11:26

Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, rebelled against the king.

1 Kings 11:28

The man Jeroboam was very able, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.

1 Kings 11:40

Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam promptly fled to Egypt, to King Shishak of Egypt, and remained in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

1 Kings 12:2

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam remained in Egypt.

2 Chronicles 10:3

They sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam,

2 Chronicles 9:29

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the history of the prophet Nathan and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of the seer Iddo concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?