2 Chronicles / Question
The people asked Rehoboam to lighten the heavy yoke Solomon had put on them. Rehoboam rejected the older advisers’ counsel and answered harshly, increasing the burden, and Israel rebelled from the house of David (2 Chronicles 10:4; 2 Chronicles 10:13-19).
In 2 Chronicles 10:1–5, Rehoboam goes to Shechem where the nation gathers to make him king. Jeroboam, previously in Egypt after fleeing Solomon, returns when he hears of the assembly. The people then speak to Rehoboam through Jeroboam, asking for relief from Solomon’s heavy labor demands. This scene begins the account of a major political turning point in the reign of Solomon’s son. It follows the narrative of Solomon’s rule and sets up the crisis that will determine how Rehoboam will relate to “all Israel” as a king.
The passage presents kingship as something publicly recognized, not merely inherited. Rehoboam goes to Shechem because “all Israel” has gathered there to make him king (verse 1). That sets a political scene where the nation (or its leading representatives) has leverage. A second clear element is the return of Jeroboam.
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with 2 Chronicles 10:4, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
4Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.