1. And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king.
2. But Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was yet in Egypt, a fugitive from the face of king Solomon, hearing of his death, returned out of Egypt.
3. And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying: