Footnote

12:3 Var. puts in verse 2 and the first part of 3, thus: 2 and when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (he was still in Egypt, as he had fled away from King Solomon and Jeroboam had lived in Egypt, 3 and they sent and called him) Jeroboam came, and all the assembly of Israel; Var. 2 and when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt where he had fled away from King Solomon, heard of it, Jeroboam came back from Egypt; 3 and they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came,