And when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt — Jeroboam's exile in Egypt, where Shishak sheltered him, establishes him as the chosen vessel of northern resistance. The verb שׁמע (shama', to hear) suggests divine providence in his reception of this news. His return is not coincidental but orchestrated within the architecture of God's judgment against Solomon's house, as Ahijah the prophet had already declared (1 Kings 11:29-39). Egypt itself becomes the staging ground for Israel's liberation.

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