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. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
3. They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel 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.”