And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard (and he was still in Egypt where he had fled from the face of Solomon the king, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt,)
Your father made our yoke hard; and now you should lighten some of the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve you.
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them, and to all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,