2 Chronicles 10:1
And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for [to] Shechem have all Israel come to cause him to reign.
Young's Literal Translation
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 12:6And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite [is] then in the land.
Joshua 20:7And they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;
Judges 9:1and Abimelech son of Jerubbaal goeth to Shechem, unto his mother's brethren, and speaketh unto them, and unto all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
1 Kings 12:1And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king.
1 Chronicles 12:38All these [are] men of war, keeping rank — with a perfect heart they have come to Hebron, to cause David to reign over all Israel, and also all the rest of Israel [are] of one heart, to cause David to reign,
Matthew 1:7and Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and Abijah begat 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 →