And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
12:1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
12:2 So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in Egypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt),