1 Kings 12:1

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)

3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

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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

    And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.

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  • 2 Chronicles 10:1–19

    And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.

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  • Judges 9:1

    And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

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  • Genesis 33:18–19

    And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

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  • Joshua 24:32

    And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

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  • Joshua 20:7

    And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

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  • Genesis 12:6

    And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

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  • Joshua 24:1

    And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

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