THEN Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.Now it came about when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, that he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon).Then they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,“Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we...