John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 12:2

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, etc.] Of the death of Solomon, and of the meeting of the Israelites at Shechem: (for he was fled from the presence of King Solomon; (see <111140>1 Kings 11:40) and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) until the death of Solomon; some render the words, “Jeroboam, returned out of Egypt” f304, which agrees with (<141002>2 Chronicles 10:2), this he did on hearing the above news, and on being sent for by some of his friends, as follows.

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