1 Kings 12:1-2

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Kingdom Divided

12 Then Rehoboam^(A) went to Shechem,^(B) for all Israel^(C) had gone to Shechem to make him king.^{(D) 2} When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about it, for he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon’s presence,^(E) Jeroboam stayed in Egypt.^[a]