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2 Chronicles 10:1

Jeroboam son of Nebat was still in Egypt where he had run away from Solomon. When he heard about Solomon's death, he returned to his city, Zeredah, in the hills of Ephraim. Rehoboam and all the Israelites went to Shechem to make Rehoboam the king. The people said to Rehoboam,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Rehoboam;   Rulers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jeroboam;   Rehoboam;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Divided Kingdom;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jacob;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rehoboam ;   Shechem ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cities of refuge;   Rehoboam;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Cities of Refuge,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Shechem;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
Hebrew Names Version
Rechav`am went to Shekhem; for all Yisra'el were come to Shekhem to make him king.
King James Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
English Standard Version
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
New Century Version
Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the Israelites had gone to make him king.
New English Translation
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.
Amplified Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
New American Standard Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
World English Bible
Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Sheche came all Israel to make him king.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
Contemporary English Version
Rehoboam went to Shechem where everyone was waiting to crown him king.
Complete Jewish Bible
Rechav‘am went to Sh'khem, where all Isra'el had come in order to proclaim him king.
Darby Translation
And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
George Lamsa Translation
AND Rehoboam went to Shechem; for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
Good News Translation
Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the people of northern Israel had gathered to make him king.
Lexham English Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Literal Translation
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Roboam wente vnto Sichem: for all Israel was come vnto Sichem: to make him kinge.
American Standard Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
Bible in Basic English
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Rehoboam went to Sichem: for to Sichem were all Israel come together to make him king.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
King James Version (1611)
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Roboam came to Sychem: for all Israel came to Sychem to make him king.
English Revised Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Roboam yede forth in to Sichem; for al Israel came togidere thidur to make hym kyng.
Update Bible Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem had all Israel come to make him king.
New King James Version
1 Kings 12:1-19">[xr] And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
New Living Translation
Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.
New Life Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem. All Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
New Revised Standard
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, - for, to Shechem, had all Israel come, to make him king.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither all Israel were assembled, to make him king.
Revised Standard Version
Rehobo'am went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Young's Literal Translation
And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for [to] Shechem have all Israel come to cause him to reign.
THE MESSAGE
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king. Jeroboam was then in Egypt, where he had taken asylum from King Solomon; when he got the report of Solomon's death, he came back.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

Contextual Overview

1Jeroboam son of Nebat was still in Egypt where he had run away from Solomon. When he heard about Solomon's death, he returned to his city, Zeredah, in the hills of Ephraim. Rehoboam and all the Israelites went to Shechem to make Rehoboam the king. The people said to Rehoboam, 4 "Your father forced us to work very hard. Now, make it easier for us. Stop the heavy work that your father forced us to do and we will serve you." 5 Rehoboam answered, "Come back to me in three days, and I will answer you." So the people left. 6 There were some older men who had helped Solomon make decisions when he was alive. So King Rehoboam asked these men what he should do. He said, "How do you think I should answer the people?" 7 They answered, "If you do what is good for the people, you will please them. If you speak kindly to them, they will always work for you." 8 But Rehoboam did not listen to the advice from the older men. He asked the young men who were his friends. 9 Rehoboam said, "The people said, ‘Give us easier work than your father gave us.' How do you think I should answer them? What should I tell them?" 10 Then the young men who grew up with him answered, "Those people came to you and said, ‘Your father forced us to work very hard. Now make our work easier.' So you should tell them, ‘My little finger is stronger than my father's whole body. 11 My father forced you to work hard, but I will make you work much harder! My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with whips that have sharp metal tips.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Rehoboam: 1 Kings 12:1, 1 Chronicles 3:10, Matthew 1:7, Roboam

Shechem: Genesis 12:6, Sichem, Genesis 37:12, Genesis 37:13, Joshua 20:7, Joshua 24:1, Judges 9:1

all: 1 Kings 4:1, 1 Chronicles 12:38

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
This is the story about the creation of the sky and the earth. This is what happened when the Lord God made the earth and the sky.
Genesis 5:1
This is the history of Adam's family. When God created people, he made them like himself.
Genesis 6:9
This is the history of Noah's family. He was a good man all his life, and he always followed God.
Genesis 9:1
God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Have many children. Fill the earth with your people.
Genesis 9:7
"Have many children and fill the earth with your people."
Genesis 9:19
These three men were Noah's sons. And all the people on earth came from these three sons.
Matthew 1:1
This is the family history of Jesus the Messiah. He came from the family of David, who was from the family of Abraham.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER X

The people apply to Rehoboam to ease them of their burdens, 1-4.

Rejecting the advice of the aged counsellors, and following that

of the young men, he gives them an ungracious answer, 5-14.

The people are discouraged, and ten tribes revolt, 15-17.

They stone Hadoram, who went to collect the tribute; and

Rehoboam but barely escapes, 18, 19.

NOTES ON CHAP. X

Verse 2 Chronicles 10:1. Rehoboam went to Shechem — This chapter is almost word for word the same as 1 Kings 12:1-19, to the notes on which the reader is referred.


 
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