2 Chronicles 10:1
And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither all Israel were assembled, to make him king.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 12:6Abram passed through the country into the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale: now the Chanaanite was at that time in the land.
Joshua 20:7And they appointed Cedes in Galilee of mount Nephtali, and Sichem in mount Ephraim, and Cariath-Arbe, the same is Hebron in the mountain of Juda.
Judges 9:1And Abimelech the son of Jerobaal went to Sichem to his mother's brethren and spoke to them, and to all the kindred of his mother's father, saying:
1 Kings 12:1And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king.
1 Chronicles 12:38All these men of war well appointed to fight, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel, were of one heart to make David king.
Matthew 1:7And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot Asa.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 10:1
This chapter is copied almost verbatim from 1 Kings xii. 1-19 , where it was opened at large. Solomon's defection from God was not repeated, but the defection of the ten tribes from his family is, in this chapter, where we find, I. How foolish Rehoboam was in his treating with them, ver. 1 , 5-14 . II. How wicked the people were in complaining of Solomon ( ver. 2-4 ) and forsaking Rehoboam, ver. 16-19 . III. How just and righteous God was in all this, ver. 15 . His counsel was thereby fulfilled. With him are… Read the whole commentary →