1 Kings 12:2-4

International Standard Version

² Nebat’s son Jeroboam heard about it while he was still in Egypt, where he had fled to get away from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt ³ after being summoned. When Jeroboam and the entire assembly of Israel arrived, they spoke to Rehoboam, ⁴ “Your father made our burdens unbearable.^[a] Therefore lighten your father’s requirements and his heavy burdens that he placed on us, and we’ll serve you.”