1
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come [to] Shechem to make him king.
2
And it happened [that] when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard [it]--now he [was] in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon--Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
3
And they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and all Israel went, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
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"Your father made our yoke heavy. Now, therefore, lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve you."
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And he said to them, "In three days return to me again." And the people went away.