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1 Now Rehoboam set out for Shechem. For in that place all of Israel had convened, so that they might appoint him as king. 2 But when Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (indeed he had fled to that place from Solomon) had heard it, he promptly returned. 3 And they summoned him, and he arrived with all of Israel. And they spoke to Rehoboam, saying: 4 “Your father pressed upon us a very difficult yoke. You should govern us more lightly than your father, who imposed on us a heavy servitude, and so lift up some of the burden, so that we may serve you.” 5 But he said, “Return to me after three days.” And when the people had gone away, 2 Chronicles 10:1-5, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.
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