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2 Chronicles 10:1
1Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all the Israelites had gone there to make him king.
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
Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all the Israelites had gone there to make him king. 2At this time, Nebat's son Jeroboam was in Egypt. He had been living there since he ran away from King Solomon. When he heard the news about Rehoboam, he returned from Egypt. 3The Israelites sent a message to Jeroboam to meet with them. Then Jeroboam and all the Israelites went to speak to Rehoboam. They said to him,
Read all of 2 Chronicles 102 Chronicles 10:1 word by word
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֖ם שְׁכֶ֑מָה כִּ֥י שְׁכֶ֛ם בָּ֥אוּ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 10:1
- 1 Kings 12:1Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all the Israelites had gone there to make him king.
- 1 Chronicles 3:10Solomon's son was Rehoboam. Rehoboam's son was Abijah. Abijah's son was Asa. Asa's son was Jehoshaphat.
- Matthew 1:7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.
- Genesis 12:6Abram walked through the land. He went as far as Shechem, to the special oak tree of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites lived in this land.
- Genesis 37:12One day, Joseph's brothers had taken their father's sheep to eat grass in the fields. This was near Shechem city.
- Joshua 20:7So they chose these towns: 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 24:1Joshua called all the Israelite tribes to meet together at Shechem. He called the leaders of clans, the rulers, the judges and the officers to stand in front of the tabernacle.
- Judges 9:1Gideon's son Abimelech went to Shechem to speak to his mother's brothers. He said to them and to her family's clan,
- 1 Kings 4:1King Solomon ruled over all Israel as king.
- 1 Chronicles 12:38All those men were soldiers who were ready to fight in war. They came to David in Hebron because they wanted to make him king to rule all Israel. All the other Israelites also agreed that David should become 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
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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
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