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1 Kings 12:1
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Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
Rechav`am went to Shekhem: for all Yisra'el were come to Shekhem to make him king.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the Israelites had gone to make him king.
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for al Israel were come to Sheche, to make him king
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Rehoboam went to Shechem where everyone was waiting to crown him king.
Rechav‘am went to Sh'khem, where all Isra'el had come to proclaim him king.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Jeroboam son of Nebat was still in Egypt where he had run away from Solomon. When he heard about Solomon's death, he returned to his city, Zeredah, in the hills of Ephraim. Rehoboam and all the Israelites went to Shechem to make him the king. The people said to Rehoboam,
AND Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the people of northern Israel had gathered to make him king.
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all of Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
And Roboam wete vnto Sichem, for all Israel was come to Sichem to make him kynge.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
And Rehoboam went to Siche: for all Israel were come to Sichem, to make him king.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
And king Roboam goes to Sikima; for all Israel were coming to Sikima to make him king.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
Forsothe Roboam cam in to Sichem; for al Israel was gaderid thidur to make hym kyng.
And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
2 Chronicles 10:1-19; 11:1-4">[xr] And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.
Rehoboam went to Shechem. For all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, - for, to Shechem, had all Israel come to make him king.
And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king.
Rehobo'am went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king. Jeroboam had been in Egypt, where he had taken asylum from King Solomon; when he got the report of Solomon's death he had come back.
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Rehoboam: 1 Kings 11:43, 2 Chronicles 10:1-19
Shechem: Genesis 12:6, Sichem, Genesis 33:18, Genesis 33:19, Joshua 20:7, Joshua 24:1, Joshua 24:32, Judges 9:1, Psalms 60:6, Acts 7:16, Sychem
Reciprocal: Joshua 17:7 - Shechem Joshua 21:21 - Shechem Judges 9:6 - plain 1 Kings 12:25 - Shechem 2 Kings 21:24 - made Josiah Proverbs 11:14 - General Jeremiah 41:5 - Shechem Matthew 1:7 - Roboam Matthew 2:20 - for
Cross-References
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;
And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.
You are the Lord, the God, who took Abram and made him yours, guiding him from Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham;
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up:
Let your thoughts be turned to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth: for when he was but one, my voice came to him, and I gave him my blessing, and made him a great people.
Son of man, those who are living in these waste places in the land of Israel say, Abraham was but one, and he had land for his heritage: but we are a great number; the land is given to us for our heritage.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Rehoboam went to Shechem,.... After the death and internment of his father:
for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king: as was pretended, though in reality it was to seek occasion against him, and make Jeroboam king; it is very probable they knew of the prophecy of Ahijah, and therefore would not go to Jerusalem, but to Shechem, a city in the tribe of Ephraim, of which Jeroboam was, and where he had sowed the seeds of sedition when ruler there; and this place they chose, partly because they could more freely speak what they had in their minds, and partly for the safety of Jeroboam they had sent for on this occasion; so that Rehoboam went thither not of choice, but of necessity. The Jews c observe that this place was very ominous; here Dinah was ravished, Joseph was sold, Abimelech exercised tyranny, and here now the kingdom was divided.
c T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 102. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The first step taken by the new king was a most judicious one. If anything could have removed the disaffection of the Ephraimites, and caused them to submit to the ascendancy of Judah, it would have been the honor done to their capital by its selection as the scene of the coronation. Shechem (now Nablous) lay on the flank of Mount Gerizim, directly opposite to Mount Ebal, in a position second to none in all Palestine. Though Abimelech had destroyed the place Judges 9:45, it had probably soon risen again, and was once more a chief city, or perhaps “the” chief city, of Ephraim. Its central position made it a convenient place for the general assembly of the tribes, as it had been in the days of Joshua Joshua 8:30-35; Joshua 24:1-28; and this would furnish an additional reason for its selection.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XII
The people go to Shechem to make Rehoboam king, and send for
Jeroboam out of Egypt, who with the heads of the tribes,
requests relief from the heavy burdens laid on them by Solomon,
14.
He requires three days to consider their petition, 5.
He rejects the counsel of the elders, who served his father,
and follows that of young men, and returns the people a
provoking answer, 6-15.
The people therefore renounce the family of David, stone to
death Adoram, who came to receive their tribute, and make
Jeroboam king; none cleaving to Rehoboam but the tribes of
Judah and Benjamin, 16-20.
Rehoboam comes to Jerusalem, and assembles all the fighting men
of Judah and Benjamin, and finds the number to be one hundred
and eighty thousand; and with these he purposes to reduce the
men of Israel to his allegiance, but is forbidden by the
Prophet Shemaiah, 21-24.
Jeroboam builds Shechem in Mount Ephraim and Penuel, 25.
And lest the people should be drawn away from their allegiance
to him by going up to Jerusalem to worship, he makes two golden
calves, and sets them up, one in Dan, the other in Beth-el, and
the people worship them, 26-30.
He makes priests of the lowest of the people, and establishes
the fifteenth day of the eighth month as a feast to his new
gods; makes offerings, and burns incense, 31-33.
NOTES ON CHAP. XII
Verse 1 Kings 12:1. Rehoboam went to Shechem — Rehoboam was probably the only son of Solomon; for although he had a thousand wives, he had not the blessing of a numerous offspring; and although he was the wisest of men himself, his son was a poor, unprincipled fool. Had Solomon kept himself within reasonable bounds in matrimonial affairs, he would probably have had more children; and such as would have had common sense enough to discern the delicacy of their situation, and rule according to reason and religion.
