2 Chronicles 10:1

2 Chronicles 10:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
• New International Version (NIV)Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.

Context of 2 Chronicles 10:1

Then 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. 3So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

2 Chronicles 10:1 word by word

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֖ם שְׁכֶ֑מָה כִּ֥י שְׁכֶ֛ם בָּ֥אוּ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Then Rehoboamרְחַבְעָםrechab‛âm · RehoboamH7346
• wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to Shechemשְׁכֶםshekem · ShechemH7927
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• had goneבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to make him kingמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 10:1

• 1 Kings 12:1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
• 1 Chronicles 3:10Solomon’s son was Rehoboam:
• Matthew 1:7Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
• Genesis 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.
• Genesis 37:12Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
• Joshua 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.
• Joshua 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.
• Judges 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,
• 1 Kings 4:1So King Solomon ruled over Israel,
• 1 Chronicles 12:38All 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.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 10:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Rehoboam 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 The narrative of Kings (marginal reference) is repeated with only slight verbal differences.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The ten tribes revolt from Rehoboam. --Moderate counsels are wisest and best. Gentleness will do what violence will not do. Most people like to be accosted mildly. Good words cost only a little self-denial, yet they purchase great things. No more needs to be done to ruin men, than to leave them to their own pride and passion. Thus, whatever are the devices of men, God is doing his own work by all, and fulfilling the word which he has spoken. No man can…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Shechem was in the center of the northern tribes' land. Rehoboam went there for confirmation, showing either weak national unity or the northern tribes' strength and influence. Rehoboam ruled from 931 to 913 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-152Ch 10:1-15. Rehoboam Refusing the Old Men's Good Counsel. 1. Rehoboam went to Shechem--(See on 1Ki 12:1). This chapter is, with a few verbal alterations, the same as in 1Ki 12:1-19.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 10:1

• Rehoboam
• Rulers

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• Shechem
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings