1 Kings 12:1

Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

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BSB
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
KJV
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
WEB
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
ASV
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
DARBY
And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
BLB
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
ÅB
Rehabeam dro til Sikem; for hele Israel var kommet til Sikem for å gjøre ham til konge.
OTB
Rehabeam reiste til Sikem, for hele Israel hadde samlet seg der for å krone ham til konge.
B1930
Rehabeam drog til Sikem; for hele Israel var kommet til Sikem for å gjøre ham til konge.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Judges 9:6

    Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.

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  • 2 Chronicles 10:1–19

    Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

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  • Judges 9:1

    Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,

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  • Genesis 33:18–19

    After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

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  • Joshua 24:32

    And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

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  • Joshua 20:7

    So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

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  • Genesis 12:6

    Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

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  • Joshua 24:1

    Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

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