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1 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king.
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1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all the Israelites had gone there to make him king.
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2 Jeroboam had been in Egypt, where he had taken asylum from King Solomon; when he got the report of Solomon's death he had come back.
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2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt.
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3 Rehoboam assembled Jeroboam and all the people. They said to Rehoboam,
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3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:
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4 "Your father made life hard for us - worked our fingers to the bone. Give us a break; lighten up on us and we'll willingly serve you."
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4 "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."
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