2 Chronicles 10:1
וַיֵּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם שְׁכֶמָה כִּי שְׁכֶם בָּאוּ כָל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַמְלִיךְ אֹתֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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 12:6וַיַּעֲבֹר אַבְרָם בָּאָרֶץ עַד מְקוֹם שְׁכֶם עַד אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי אָז בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃
Joshua 20:7וַיַּקְדִּשׁוּ אֶת ־ קֶדֶשׁ בַּגָּלִיל בְּהַר נַפְתָּלִי וְאֶת ־ שְׁכֶם בְּהַר אֶפְרָיִם וְאֶת ־ קִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִיא חֶבְרוֹן בְּהַר יְהוּדָֽה ׃
Judges 9:1וַיֵּלֶךְ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ בֶּן ־ יְרֻבַּעַל שְׁכֶמָה אֶל ־ אֲחֵי אִמּוֹ וַיְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם וְאֶל ־ כָּל ־ מִשְׁפַּחַת בֵּית ־ אֲבִי אִמּוֹ לֵאמֹֽר ׃
1 Kings 12:1וַיֵּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם שְׁכֶם כִּי שְׁכֶם בָּא כָל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַמְלִיךְ אֹתֽוֹ ׃
1 Chronicles 12:38וּמֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן מִן ־ הָראוּבֵנִי וְהַגָּדִי וַחֲצִי ׀ שֵׁבֶט מְנַשֶּׁה בְּכֹל כְּלֵי צְבָא מִלְחָמָה מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים אָֽלֶף ׃
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 →