1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
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Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt.
3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
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So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him: