1 Kings 12:1
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
KJV
Venit autem Roboam in Sichem : illuc enim congregatus erat omnis Israël ad constituendum eum regem.
Vulgate
Καὶ πορεύεται βασιλεὺς Ῥοβοὰμ εἰς Σίκιμα, ὅτι εἰς Σίκιμα ἤρχοντο πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτόν.
LXX
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
ASV
וַ/יֵּ֥לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֖ם שְׁכֶ֑ם כִּ֥י שְׁכֶ֛ם בָּ֥א כָל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְ/הַמְלִ֥יךְ אֹתֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In this verse
People
Rehoboam
Places
Shechem
In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
verb · 349×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
רְחַבְעָ֖ם
rchb'm
proper_noun · 50×
שְׁכֶ֔ם
shkm
proper_noun · 63×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Solomon's accession, the building of the First Temple, the visit of the Queen of Sheba, Solomon's apostasy, the division of the kingdom under Rehoboam and Jeroboam, and the early kings of Israel and Judah through Ahab and Elijah. Josephus's description of Solomon's Temple supplements the biblical account with Hellenistic architectural parallels.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 10:1 — And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
- Jer 41:5 — That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in th
- Judg 9:6 — And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
- Matt 2:20 — Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.
- Prov 11:14 — Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.