1 Kings 12:1-3

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Civil War

12 Jeroboam son of Nebat was still in Egypt where he had run away from Solomon. When he heard about Solomon’s death, he returned to his city, Zeredah, in the hills of Ephraim.^[a]

Rehoboam and all the Israelites went to Shechem to make him the king. The people said to Rehoboam,