2 Chronicles 10:1
New International Version
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

New Living Translation
Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.

English Standard Version
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.

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

New King James Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone 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.

NASB 1995
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

NASB 1977
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

Amplified Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

Christian Standard Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.

American Standard Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Rekhabaam went to Shecheem, because all Israel went to Shekeem for the establishment of the King.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Roboam came to Sychem: for all Israel came to Sychem to make him king.

Contemporary English Version
Rehoboam went to Shechem where everyone was waiting to crown him king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither all Israel were assembled, to make him king.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Rehoboam went to Shechem because all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.

Good News Translation
Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the people of northern Israel had gathered to make him king.

International Standard Version
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, because all of Israel went there to install him as king.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

Literal Standard Version
And Rehoboam goes to Shechem, for all of Israel has come [to] Shechem to cause him to reign.

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

New American Bible
Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come to make him king.

NET Bible
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.

New Revised Standard Version
Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

New Heart English Bible
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.

World English Bible
Rehoboam 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.

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Context
Rebellion Against Rehoboam
1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. 2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.…

Cross References
1 Kings 12:1
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

2 Chronicles 10:2
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Rehoboam

1 Kings 12:1
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

1 Chronicles 3:10
And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

Matthew 1:7
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

Roboam

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.

Sichem

Genesis 37:12,13
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem…

Joshua 20:7
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

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.

all

1 Kings 4:1
So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

1 Chronicles 12:38
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

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2 Chronicles 10
1. The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam,
3. by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him,
6. Rehoboam, refusing the old mens' counsel, answers them roughly,
16. Ten tribes revolting, kill Hadoram, and make Rehoboam flee














(1) To Shechem.--Sh'kemah, with accusative ending; Kings, Sh'kem. "Were come," pf. plural; Kings, singular.

Verse 1. - This verse would have been far better placed last in the previous chapter, but now, left without note of time, it purports to tell us that (whereas by the last clause of the previous chapter "Rehoboam reigned in his" father Solomon's "stead," and had been presumably accepted as his heir and successor in Jerusalem and all Judaea) Rehoboam, now somewhat later on, repairs to Shechem (the ancient capital, and the prized position of the high-spirited tribe of Ephraim) to receive some final recognition as king from "all Israel." Rehoboam. Solomon's son by Naaraah; an Ammonite princess (1 Kings 14:21, 31). Eurydemus may be considered as a close reproduction in Greek of the Hebrew name Rehoboam. To his son Abijah, by his favourite wife Maachah, who was the third of the wives that belonged to the house of Jesse, he bequeathed the kingdom. Wanting any positive Scripture statement of the matter of Rehoboam going to Shechem, we believe the explanation given above is the most probable, and that it was not any designed stroke of policy, with the view of conciliating or flattering Ephraim. Though no formal statement of it be made here, yet it is quite intelligible that the opinions, feelings, and readiness to express them on the part of Ephraim and "Israel" were well enough known, and had to be reckoned for. Shechem. For many reasons one of the most interesting geographical names in all the Old Testament. It was the ancient capital, as Shiloh, near to it, was the ancient seat of the national worship. It was situate in Ephraim, with Ebal to the immediate north, and Gerizim to the immediate south. Its upper slopelands (its position on which is possibly the origin of the name, שֶׁכֶם, "a shoulder" commanded a view of the Mediterranean. It was the half-way resting-place, at the end of the second day's journey, for travellers from Galilee to Jerusalem, and hence bore the name in later times, it is thought, of Mabertha, or Mabartha (מַעֲבַרְתָּא), Pliny's Mamortha. Vespasian subsequently named it Neapolis, the modern Nablous. The Authorized Version synonyms of Shechem appear as Sichem, Sychem, Sychar (John 4:5, 20). In post-Captivity times, a new temple on Gerizim was the cathedral of Samaritan worship, which was levelled by John Hyrcanus, B.C. 129. Jacob's well is a hall: mile south-east, and Joseph's tomb two miles east (Joshua 24:32). Almost every one of the references to Shechem are of great interest on one account or another, and to turn to each of them in order is to read the Scripture narrative of the place. The leading references are subjoined (Genesis 12:6; Genesis 33:18, 19; Genesis 34; Genesis 35:1-4; Genesis 37:12, 28; Genesis 43:22; Genesis 49:5-7; Deuteronomy 27:11; Joshua 9:33-35; Joshua 20:7; 21:20, 21; 24:1, 25, 32; Judges 9:7, 22, 34-45; Judges 21:1; 2 Kings 17:5, 6, 24; 2 Kings 18:9; 1 Chronicles 6:67; 1 Chronicles 7:28; Ezra 4:2; Jeremiah 41:5; John 4:5; Acts 7:16; Acts 8:5). The article "Shechem," by Dr. Hackett, in Dr. Smith's 'Bible Dictionary,' vol. 3. pp. 1234-1240, is of exceptional interest. All Israel. No doubt this expression may mean even here the assemblage of the federated twelve tribes. Considering the immediate recurrence of the expression in ver. 3, it must be, however, that the Jeroboam party of the ten tribes (headed by the strong and self-conscious Ephraimites) are especially in view; in point of fact, of course, all the twelve tribes were represented in the gathering of ver. 1. There can be no division of opinion about this, though the meeting be represented as one demanded or occasioned by the attitude of Israel, in the lesser comprehension of the name.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Rehoboam
רְחַבְעָ֖ם (rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7346: Rehoboam -- 'a people are enlarged', a king of Judah

went
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to Shechem,
שְׁכֶ֑מָה (šə·ḵe·māh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

had gone
בָּ֥אוּ (bā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

[there]
שְׁכֶ֛ם (šə·ḵem)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor

to make him king.
לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ (lə·ham·lîḵ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel


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