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, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard about it (he was in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt. 3So they sent word and summoned him. When Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

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
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• had comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to makeמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• him kingמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 10:1

• 1 Kings 12:1Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
• 1 Chronicles 3:10Now Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, then Abijah was his son, Asa, his son, Jehoshaphat, his son,
• Matthew 1:7Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asa.
• Genesis 12:6Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanites were in the land at that time.
• Genesis 37:12Then his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock in Shechem.
• Joshua 20:7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
• Joshua 24:1Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, their heads, their judges, and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
• Judges 9:1Now Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, to his mother’s relatives, and spoke to them and to the entire family of the household of his mother’s father, saying,
• 1 Kings 4:1Now King Solomon was king over all Israel.
• 1 Chronicles 12:38All of these, being men of war who helped in battle formation, came to Hebron with a perfect heart to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel also 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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• Israel
• Rehoboam
• Shechem
• Advice
• Ease
• Israel, Kingdom of
• Adoniram
• Jeroboam
• Cities of Refuge

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