1Ki 12:2 Cross References
1 Kings 12:2
2: When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of Solomon's death, he returned from Egypt, for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon.
1 Kings 11:40
- Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died.
2 Chronicles 10:2
- When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of Solomon's death, he returned from Egypt, for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon.
- The leaders of Israel sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel went together to speak with Rehoboam.
1 Kings 11:26
- Another rebel leader was Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon's own officials. He came from the city of Zeredah in Ephraim, and his mother was Zeruah, a widow.
- This is the story behind his rebellion. Solomon was rebuilding the Millo and repairing the walls of the city of his father, David.
- Jeroboam was a very capable young man, and when Solomon saw how industrious he was, he put him in charge of the labor force from the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.
- One day as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh met him on the road, wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone in a field,
- and Ahijah took the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.