When Jeroboam(A) son of Nebat heard this (he was in Egypt, where he had fled(B) from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt. So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel(C) went to Rehoboam and said to him: “Your father put a heavy yoke on us,(D) but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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