“That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,”
King James Version (KJV)
12:3 They sent - When the people sent him word of Solomon's death,they also sent a summons for him to come to Shechem. That the presenceand countenance of a man of so great interest and reputation, might laythe greater obligation upon Rehoboam to grant them ease and relief.