1 Kings 12:1
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,
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In The King James Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
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Genesis 33:18So Jacob came safely from Paddan-aram to the town of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and put up his tents near the town.
Joshua 24:1Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God.
Judges 9:1Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to his mother's family, and said to them and to all the family of his mother's father,
1 Kings 11:43And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father: and Solomon went to rest with his fathers and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.
2 Chronicles 10:1And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.
2 Chronicles 11:1And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 12:1
The glory of the kingdom of Israel was in its height and perfection in Solomon; it was long in coming to it, but it soon declined, and began to sink and wither in the very next reign, as we find in this chapter, where we have the kingdom divided, and thereby weakened and made little in comparison with what it had been. Here is, I. Rehoboam's accession to the throne and Jeroboam's return out of Egypt, ver. 1, 2 . II. The people's petition to Rehoboam for the redress of grievances, and the rough answer he gave, by… Read the whole commentary →