1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come to make him king.
2 When Jeroboam, son of Nebat, heard about it, he was in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon; and he returned from Egypt.
3 They sent for him; Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam:
4 “Your father put on us a heavy yoke. If you now lighten the harsh servitude and the heavy yoke your father imposed on us, we will be your servants.”