1 Kings 12:1-2

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The Northern Tribes Secede

12 Rehobo′am went to Shechem,^[a] for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. ²And when Jerobo′am the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, whither he had fled from King Solomon), then Jerobo′am returned from^[b] Egypt.

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12.1 Shechem was the old religious center of the northern tribes. The alliance between these and Judah was never very strong, even during the united monarchy.
1 Kings 12:2 Gk Vg Compare 2 Chron 10.2: Heb dwelt in

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