1Ki 12:2 | NET2full | STEP | When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt , where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since .

‏ 1 Kings 12:2

2 ^{▼▼tc Verse 2 is not included in the Old Greek translation. See the note on 11:43.} When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and Jeroboam lived in Egypt.” The parallel text in 2 Chr 10:2 reads, “and Jeroboam returned from Egypt.” In a purely consonantal text the forms “and he lived” and “and he returned” are identical (וישׁב).}