2 Chronicles 10:3

New American Bible - revised edition

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

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

When Jeroboam, son of Nebat, heard about it, he was in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon; and he returned from Egypt.

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