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Rehoboam went to Shechem,1 for all the Israelites had gone there to make him king.
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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled2 from King Solomon), he returned froma Egypt.
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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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"Your father put a heavy yoke3 on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."
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