1 Kings 12:3

New American Bible - revised edition

and they sent for him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and they said to Rehoboam,

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When Jeroboam, son of Nebat, heard about it, he was still in Egypt. He had fled from King Solomon and remained in Egypt,

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. If you now lighten the harsh servitude and the heavy yoke your father imposed on us, we will be your servants.”

They sent for him; Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam:

Abimelech, son of Jerubbaal, went to his mother’s kin in Shechem, and said to them and to the whole clan to which his mother’s family belonged,