1 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.
2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
3 They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
4 “Your father made us work too hard. Now if you lighten the demands he made and don’t make us work as hard, we will serve you.”