Heard of it - That is, of the death of Solomon and the accession of Rehoboam. This point would be clearer without the division into chapters…

For he was fled. —In 2 Chronicles 10:2, and in the Septuagint version (or, rather versions, for there is vari…

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who wa…

And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was
yet in Egypt, heard of it