Revised Version 1895
2 Chronicles 10:1
1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem 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
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon,) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 3And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spake to Rehoboam, saying,
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
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 10:1
- 1 Kings 12:1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
- 1 Chronicles 3:10And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son;
- Matthew 1:7and Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa;
- Genesis 12:6And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
- Genesis 37:12And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
- Joshua 20:7And they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
- Joshua 24:1And 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.
- Judges 9:1And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and spake with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
- 1 Kings 4:1And king Solomon was king over all Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 12:38All these, being men of war, that could order the battle array, 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.
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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