1 Kings 12:3

New English Translation

They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

“Your father made us work too hard. Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”

They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family,