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.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
3So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
Cross References
1 Kings 11:29During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
2 Chronicles 10:2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 12:2-16
The Folly of Rehoboam. ( b. c. 975.) 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2 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;) 3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his… Read the whole commentary →