1 Kings 12:20

“And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, etc.] Out of Egypt; the chief men knew of it before, for he had headed them in their approach and address to Rehoboam; but the people in common had not, and especially those of the various tribes besides that of Ephraim: that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel; they sent for him from his tent or house, which probably was in Shechem, and gave him an invitation to come to their assembly, met together to deliberate about a king; when they unanimously chose him to be king over Israel, that is, over the ten tribes, and inaugurated him into his office: there was none that…”

“JEROBOAM MADE KING OVER THEM. (Kg1 12:20-33) when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again--This verse closes the parenthetical narrative begun at Kg1 12:2, and Kg1 12:21-24 resume the history from Kg1 12:1. Rehoboam determined to assert his authority by leading a large force into the disaffected provinces. But the revolt of the ten tribes was completed when the prophet Shemaiah ordered, in the Lord's name, an abandonment of any hostile measures against the revolutionists. The army, overawed by the divine prohibition, dispersed, and the king was obliged to submit.”

“The first act of the Israelites, on learning what had occurred at Shechem, was to bring together the great “congregation” of the people (compare Judges 20:1), in order that, regularly and in solemn form, the crown might be declared vacant, and a king elected in the room of the monarch whose authority had been thrown off. The congregation selected Jeroboam. The rank, the talent, and the known energy of the late exile, his natural hostility to the house of Solomon, his Ephraimitic descent, his acquaintance with the art of fortification, and the friendly relations subsisting between him and the great Egyptian king, pointed him out as the most suitable man for the vacant post. If, according to…”

“Was come - From Egypt; which was known to them before who met at Shechem, and now by all the people. Was none - That is, no entire tribe. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 12:24”

“and made him: Sa1 10:24; Hos 8:4 none that followed: Kg1 12:17, Kg1 11:13, Kg1 11:32; Hos 11:12 3 Kings (1 Kings) 12:21”