And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
Your father made our yoke hard to bear: now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve you.
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and talked with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,