So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:
So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was 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.”