Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 10:2
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Jeroboam's movement at the exact moment Rehoboam travels to Shechem to be established as king over the united tribes.
The words — The Hebrew כִּשְׁמֹעַ (ki-shmoa) literally renders "when he heard," functioning as the temporal pivot that ends Jeroboam's Egyptian exile.
The thread — This return directly echoes 1 Kings 11:40, where Jeroboam previously fled to Egypt to escape Solomon's attempt on his life.
Why it lands — The passage demands the reader note that the death or accession of a monarch immediately triggers the return of displaced political figures into the central conflict.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 11:40 Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 11:26 Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,
- 1 Kings 11:28 Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
- 1 Kings 12:2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.