2 Chronicles 10:1
Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all the Israelites had gone to Shechem to make him king.
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And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
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Genesis 12:6Abram traveled on through the land as far as a place called Shechem, stopping at the oak tree of Moreh. At that time the land was occupied by Canaanites.
Joshua 20:7So they assigned the following sanctuary towns: Kedesh of Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim; and Kiriath-arba (or Hebron), in the hill country of Judah.
Judges 9:1Abimelech, son of Jerub-baal, went to his mother's brothers at Shechem and told them and all his mother's relatives,
1 Kings 12:1Rehoboam went to Shechem because that is where the whole of Israel had gone to make him king.
1 Chronicles 12:38All these men came to Hebron dressed for battle, completely committed to making David king. All of Israel agreed that David should become king.
Matthew 1:7and Solomon the father of Rehoboam; and Rehoboam the father of Abijah; and Abijah the father of 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 →