1 Kings 12:1
All [HYP] the people of northern Israel went to Shechem city in order to appoint Rehoboam to be their king. So Rehoboam also went there.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
In Context
2When Jeroboam, who was still in Egypt, heard about that, he returned from Egypt to Israel.
Cross References
Genesis 33:18Some time later, Jacob and his family left Paddan-Aram in Mesopotamia, and they traveled safely to the Canaan region. There they set up their tents in a field near Shechem city.
Joshua 24:1Many years later, Joshua summoned representatives of all the tribes of Israel. He gathered together the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the other officials at Shechem city. He told them to listen to what God wanted to tell them.
Judges 9:1Gideon’s son Abimelech went to talk with his mother’s brothers in Shechem city. He said to them and to all his mother’s relatives,
1 Kings 11:43Then Solomon died [EUP], and was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
2 Chronicles 10:1All the people of Israel went to Shechem city in order to appoint Rehoboam to be their king. So Rehoboam also went there.
2 Chronicles 11:1When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. He wanted them to fight against the northern tribes of Israel and defeat them, in order that he could rule all the tribes of the kingdom again.
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 →