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Reign of Rehoboam

This chapter is a repetition of 1 Kings 12:1-19 with slight differences.

2. Returned out of Egypt] Preferable to 1 Kings 12:2, 'Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt.'

4. Thy father made, etc.] The passages in 1 Kings 5:13-14; 1 Kings 11:28, which throw light upon the oppressiveness of Solomon, are omitted by the Chronicler.