◄ 1 Kings 12:3 ►
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Good News Translation
The people of the northern tribes sent for him, and then they all went together to Rehoboam and said to him,

New Revised Standard Version
And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,

Contemporary English Version
But the people from the northern tribes of Israel sent for him. Then together they went to Rehoboam and said,

New American Bible
and they sent for him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and they said to Rehoboam,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:

Context
Rebellion Against Rehoboam
…2But Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who was yet in Egypt, a fugitive from the face of king Solomon, hearing of his death, returned out of Egypt. 3And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam came, and all the multitude of Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:4Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us: now, therefore, do thou take off a little of the grievous service of thy father, and of his most heavy yoke, which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.…
Cross References
1 Kings 12:2
But Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who was yet in Egypt, a fugitive from the face of king Solomon, hearing of his death, returned out of Egypt.

1 Kings 12:4
Thy father laid a grievous yoke upon us: now, therefore, do thou take off a little of the grievous service of thy father, and of his most heavy yoke, which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

1 Kings 12:2
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