2 Chronicles 10:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² And when Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who was in Egypt, (for he was fled thither from Solomon,) heard it, forthwith he returned.

³ And they sent for him, and he came with all Israel, and they spoke to Roboam, saying:

⁴ Thy father oppressed us with a most grievous yoke, do thou govern us with a lighter hand than thy father, who laid upon us a heavy servitude, and ease some thing of the burden, that we may serve thee.