1. And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
2. So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), that Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
3. Then they sent for him and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,