1 Kings 12:1
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem. For in that place, all of Israel had gathered to appoint him as 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.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 33:18And he crossed over to Salem, a city of the Shechemites, which is in the land of Canaan, after he returned from Mesopotamia of Syria. And he lived near the town.
Joshua 24:1And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and he called those greater by birth, and the leaders and judges and teachers. And they stood in the sight of the Lord.
Judges 9:1Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem, to his maternal brothers, and he spoke to them, and to all the relatives of the house of his maternal grandfather, saying:
1 Kings 11:43And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David, his father. And Rehoboam, his son, reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 10:1Now Rehoboam set out for Shechem. For in that place all of Israel had convened, so that they might appoint him as king.
2 Chronicles 11:1Then Rehoboam went to Jerusalem, and he called together the entire house of Judah and of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand elect men of war, so that he might contend against Israel, and turn back his kingdom to himself.
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 →