2 Chronicles 10:1
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 returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all 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 to Shechem were all Israel come 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 utrope 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
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1 Kings 12:1–20
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
Read in context1 Kings 4:1
So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
Read in contextMatthew 1:7
Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
Read in context1 Chronicles 3:10
Solomon’s son was Rehoboam: Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
Read in contextJudges 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,
Read in context1 Chronicles 12:38
All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.
Read in contextGenesis 37:12–13
Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
Read in contextGenesis 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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