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King Rehoboam Foolishly Rejects Israel’s Request(A)

12 Rehoboam went to Shechem because all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king. Jeroboam (Nebat’s son) was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. When he heard ⌞about Rehoboam⌟, he returned from Egypt.[a]

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  1. 12:2 2 Chronicles 10:2, Greek, Latin; Masoretic Text “remained in Egypt.”

Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam(A)

12 Rehoboam went to Shechem,(B) for all Israel had gone there to make him king. When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled(C) from King Solomon), he returned from[a] Egypt.

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  1. 1 Kings 12:2 Or he remained in