2 Chronicles 10:1-4 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

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.”

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