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The Israelites ask Rehoboam to make their work easier

10 Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all the Israelites had gone there to make him king.[a] At this time, Nebat's son Jeroboam was in Egypt. He had been living there since he ran away from King Solomon. When he heard the news about Rehoboam, he returned from Egypt. The Israelites sent a message to Jeroboam to meet with them. Then Jeroboam and all the Israelites went to speak to Rehoboam. They said to him,

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  1. 10:1 Rehoboam became king when his father Solomon died. See 2 Chronicles 9:31. He went to Shechem for all the Israelites to accept him as king. Shechem was about 50 kilometres north of Jerusalem.