Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
Parallel translations
- WEB Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
- KJV And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
- NKJV And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
- NASB Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
- NLT Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.
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Rehoboam goes to Shechem, where all Israel has gathered to make him king. The northern tribes' assembly signals their leverage over the new king.
Overview
Rather than being crowned automatically, Rehoboam must seek confirmation at Shechem, a site rich in covenant history. The gathering of all Israel shows that the northern tribes expect to be heard before pledging loyalty. This setting prepares for the confrontation over Solomon's heavy demands that will fracture the kingdom.
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- Judg 9:6Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
- 2 Chr 10:1–19Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
- Josh 24:1Then 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.
- Gen 12:6Abram 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.
- Josh 20:7So 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.
- Judg 9:1Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
- Josh 24:32And 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.
- 1 Kgs 11:43And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
- Ps 60:6God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
- Gen 33:18–19After 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.
- Acts 7:16Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
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