1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
2When 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.
3So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,
— 1 Kings 12:1-3