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2 Chronicles 10:1-2
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2 Chronicles 10:1-2
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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] 2 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.
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- 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.
2 Chronicles 10:1-2
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2 Chronicles 10:1-2
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Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam(A)
10 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. 2 When Jeroboam(B) son of Nebat heard this (he was in Egypt, where he had fled(C) from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt.
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