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2 Chronicles 10:2

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 returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.

3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all 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 returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
KJV
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
WEB
When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
ASV
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon,) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
DARBY
And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (now he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
BLB
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard [it]—he [was] in Egypt, because he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king—that Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
ÅB
Da Jeroboam, Nebats sønn, hørte det - han var da i Egypt; han var flyktet dit for kong Salomo - da vendte han tilbake fra Egypt.
OTB
Da Jeroboam, sønn av Nebat, hørte om det (for han var i Egypt hvor han hadde flyktet fra kong Salomos nærvær), vendte Jeroboam tilbake fra Egypt.
B1930
Da Jeroboam, Nebats sønn, hørte det - han var da i Egypten; han var flyktet dit for kong Salomo - da vendte han tilbake fra 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 12:2

    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.

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  • 1 Kings 11:26

    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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  • 1 Kings 11:28

    Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.

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