² When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for ^(A)he was in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt. ³ So they sent and summoned him. When Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying, ⁴ “Your father made our ^(B)yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”