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1 Kings 12:2

JeroboamNebatSolomonEgypt

1 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

4 “Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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BSB
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
KJV
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
WEB
When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt;
ASV
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt,
DARBY
And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (now he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;
BLB
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard [it], he [was] still in Egypt—for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam had been dwelling in Egypt—
ÅB
Da Jeroboam, Nebats sønn, hørte det - han var enda i Egypt; han var flyktet dit for kong Salomo og bodde slik nå i Egypt,
OTB
Da Jeroboam, sønn av Nebat, hørte om det, var han fortsatt i Egypt, hvor han hadde flyktet fra kong Salomos nærvær, og Jeroboam ble værende i Egypt.
B1930
Da Jeroboam, Nebats sønn, hørte det - han var ennu i Egypten; han var flyktet dit for kong Salomo og bodde således nu i Egypten,

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  • 1 Kings 11:40

    Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.

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  • 1 Kings 11:26–31

    Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,

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  • 2 Chronicles 10:2–3

    When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.

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