12:2a When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this,

Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this ⌊news⌋.
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Nebat’s son Jeroboam learned what was happening.

12:2b he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon

He was still in Egypt, where he had gone to escape from King Solomon.
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⌊At this/that time⌋ Jeroboam had not yet returned from Egypt. He had ⌊left Israel and⌋ gone to Egypt to be safe from King Solomon.

12:2c and had been living ever since.

(Contemporary English Version🙂 and he stayed in Egypt.

The Hebrew verb that the New International Version translates as “he returned” normally means “he remained/lived.”

So he remained in Egypt.
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So he stayed there.

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