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2 Chronicles 10:1
1Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered 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, where all Israel had gathered to make him king. 2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of this, he returned from Egypt, for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon. 3The leaders of Israel summoned him, and Jeroboam and all Israel went to speak with Rehoboam.
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, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.
- 1 Chronicles 3:10The descendants of Solomon were Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat,
- Matthew 1:7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.
- Genesis 12:6Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.
- Genesis 37:12Soon after this, Joseph’s brothers went to pasture their father’s flocks at Shechem.
- Joshua 20:7The following cities were designated as cities of refuge: Kedesh of 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 summoned all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, including their elders, leaders, judges, and officers. So they came and presented themselves to God.
- Judges 9:1One day Gideon’s son Abimelech went to Shechem to visit his uncles—his mother’s brothers. He said to them and to the rest of his mother’s family,
- 1 Kings 4:1King Solomon now ruled over all Israel,
- 1 Chronicles 12:38All these men came in battle array to Hebron with the single purpose of making David the king over all Israel. In fact, everyone in Israel agreed that David should be their 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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