1 Kings 12:3

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So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:

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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt.

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:

Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan,