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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_kings/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_kings/12.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, because all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Rehoboam went to Shechem where everyone was waiting to crown him king. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Rehoboam went to Shechem because all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the people of northern Israel had gathered to make him king. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Rehoboam traveled to Shechem because all of Israel went there to install him as king. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Rehoboam goes to Shechem, for all Israel has come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Rehoboam will go to Shechem, for to Shechem came all Israel to make him king.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem. For in that place, all of Israel had gathered to appoint him as king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />AND Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.<CL>Kings 131 AND, behold, there came a prophet out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Beth-el; and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense on the fifteenth day of the month, according to the feast which was in Judah. And he burned incense on the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Rekhabaam went to Shekeem because all Israel came to Shekeem to make him King.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And king Roboam goes to Sikima; for all Israel were coming to Sikima to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/12-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=4713" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/12.htm">Rebellion Against Rehoboam</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7346.htm" title="7346: rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām (N-proper-ms) -- A people are enlarged, a king of Judah. From rachab and am; a people has enlarged; Rechabam, an Israelite king.">Then Rehoboam</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/7927.htm" title="7927: šə·ḵem (N-proper-fs) -- Ridge, a district in N. Pal., also a son of Hamor. The same as shkem; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine.">to Shechem,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">had gone</a> <a href="/hebrew/7927.htm" title="7927: šə·ḵem (N-proper-fs) -- Ridge, a district in N. Pal., also a son of Hamor. The same as shkem; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/4427.htm" title="4427: lə·ham·lîḵ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- A primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence to take counsel.">to make him king.</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/10-1.htm">2 Chronicles 10:1</a></span><br />Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-43.htm">1 Kings 11:43</a></span><br />And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm">1 Kings 14:21</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-26.htm">1 Kings 11:26-40</a></span><br />Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king, / and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David. / Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/5-1.htm">2 Samuel 5:1-3</a></span><br />Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. / Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’” / So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/8-4.htm">1 Samuel 8:4-7</a></span><br />So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. / “Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.” / But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-15.htm">1 Kings 9:15</a></span><br />This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-29.htm">1 Kings 11:29-31</a></span><br />During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field. / And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces, / and said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces for yourself, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give you ten tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-11.htm">1 Kings 11:11-13</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. / Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. / Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/2-4.htm">2 Samuel 2:4</a></span><br />Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/19-9.htm">2 Samuel 19:9-10</a></span><br />And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom. / But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/3-17.htm">2 Samuel 3:17-18</a></span><br />Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king. / Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-10.htm">1 Kings 2:10-12</a></span><br />Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. / The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. / So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-7.htm">1 Kings 3:7</a></span><br />And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-22.htm">Matthew 2:22</a></span><br />But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.</p><p class="hdg">Rehoboam</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/11-43.htm">1 Kings 11:43</a></b></br> And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/10-1.htm">2 Chronicles 10:1</a></b></br> And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.</p><p class="hdg">Shechem</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a></b></br> And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite <i>was</i> then in the land.</p><p class="hdg">Sichem</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Genesis 33:18,19</a></b></br> And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which <i>is</i> in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/20-7.htm">Joshua 20:7</a></b></br> And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which <i>is</i> Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1,32</a></b></br> And 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… </p><p class="hdg">Sychem </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/11-42.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-16.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-43.htm">Rehoboam</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-43.htm">Rehobo'am</a> <a href="/judges/21-19.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-24.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/12-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-17.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-3.htm">Rehoboam</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-3.htm">Rehobo'am</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-10.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/12-1.htm">The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/12-4.htm">by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/12-6.htm">Rehoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, answers them roughly</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm">Ten tribes revolting, kill Adoram, and make Rehoboam flee</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/12-21.htm">Rehoboam, raising an army, is forbidden by Shemaiah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm">Jeroboam strengthens himself by cities</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/12-26.htm">and by idolatry of the two calves</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Rehoboam went to Shechem</b><br>Rehoboam, the son of Solomon and grandson of David, is the central figure in this passage. His journey to Shechem is significant as it marks the beginning of his reign. Shechem holds historical importance as a city of refuge and a place where significant covenantal events occurred, such as the renewal of the covenant under Joshua (<a href="/joshua/24.htm">Joshua 24:1-25</a>). It is located in the hill country of Ephraim, a central location in Israel, which made it a strategic choice for a gathering of the tribes. Rehoboam's decision to go to Shechem rather than remain in Jerusalem, the established capital, suggests an attempt to gain the favor of the northern tribes, who may have felt marginalized under Solomon's rule.<p><b>for all Israel had gone there</b><br>The phrase "all Israel" indicates the gathering of representatives from the twelve tribes, highlighting the unity of the nation at this point. This assembly was likely a formal occasion, reminiscent of earlier tribal gatherings for significant national decisions. The presence of "all Israel" underscores the importance of the event, as the tribes were coming together to affirm Rehoboam's kingship. This gathering also reflects the political tension and the potential for division, as the northern tribes had grievances against Solomon's administration, particularly regarding forced labor and heavy taxation.<p><b>to make him king</b><br>The act of making Rehoboam king was not merely ceremonial; it involved the acceptance and recognition of his authority by the tribes. This was a customary practice in ancient Israel, where the people played a role in affirming their leader, as seen in the anointing of Saul (<a href="/1_samuel/10-24.htm">1 Samuel 10:24</a>) and David (<a href="/2_samuel/5-3.htm">2 Samuel 5:3</a>). The phrase also foreshadows the impending division of the kingdom, as the subsequent verses reveal the dissatisfaction of the northern tribes with Rehoboam's response to their demands. This division fulfills the prophecy given to Jeroboam by the prophet Ahijah (<a href="/1_kings/11-29.htm">1 Kings 11:29-31</a>), indicating that the kingdom would be torn from Solomon's line due to his idolatry. The event at Shechem thus becomes a pivotal moment in Israel's history, leading to the establishment of the separate kingdoms of Israel and Judah.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/rehoboam.htm">Rehoboam</a></b><br>The son of Solomon and the grandson of David, Rehoboam is the central figure in this passage. He is about to be made king over Israel, following the death of his father, Solomon. His reign marks a significant turning point in Israel's history.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/shechem.htm">Shechem</a></b><br>A significant city in the history of Israel, Shechem is located in the hill country of Ephraim. It is a place of covenant renewal and has historical importance dating back to the time of Abraham and Jacob.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/all_israel.htm">All Israel</a></b><br>This term refers to the collective tribes of Israel who have gathered at Shechem. Their presence signifies a united front, at least initially, in the transition of power from Solomon to Rehoboam.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/event_of_coronation.htm">Event of Coronation</a></b><br>The gathering at Shechem is for the purpose of making Rehoboam king, a ceremonial and political event that holds great significance for the nation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_leadership_transition.htm">The Importance of Leadership Transition</a></b><br>Leadership transitions are critical moments that can define the future of a nation or community. Rehoboam's approach to leadership will have lasting consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/significance_of_historical_and_spiritual_locations.htm">Significance of Historical and Spiritual Locations</a></b><br>Places like Shechem hold deep historical and spiritual significance, reminding us of God's past faithfulness and the importance of covenant renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_and_division.htm">Unity and Division</a></b><br>The gathering of "all Israel" at Shechem initially suggests unity, but the events that follow reveal underlying tensions. Unity in a community requires more than just physical presence; it requires shared vision and purpose.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophecy_in_god's_plan.htm">The Role of Prophecy in God's Plan</a></b><br>The events surrounding Rehoboam's coronation are a fulfillment of prophecy, demonstrating God's sovereignty and the unfolding of His divine plan.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_king_rehoboam_biblically.htm">Who was King Rehoboam in biblical history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_judah's_kings_follow_or_stray_from_god.htm">How did Judah's kings follow or stray from God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_shechem's_role_in_the_bible.htm">What is Shechem's significance in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/solomon's_life__key_events,_lessons.htm">What are the key events and lessons from Solomon's life?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) <span class= "bld">All Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.</span>--In the case of David, we find that, when he was made king over Israel, "he made a league" with the elders of Israel (<a href="/2_samuel/5-3.htm" title="So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.">2Samuel 5:3</a>), apparently implying a less absolute royalty than that to which he had been anointed, without conditions, over the house of Judah (<a href="/2_samuel/2-4.htm" title="And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.">2Samuel 2:4</a>); and in his restoration after the death of Absalom, there appears to be some recognition of a right of distinct action on the part of the men of Israel in relation to the kingdom (<a href="/context/2_samuel/19-9.htm" title="And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.">2Samuel 19:9-10</a>; <a href="/context/2_samuel/19-41.htm" title="And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?">2Samuel 19:41-43</a>; <a href="/context/2_samuel/20-1.htm" title="And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.">2Samuel 20:1-2</a>). Even in the coronation of Solomon, we find distinction made between royalty "over all Israel and over Judah." (See <a href="/1_kings/1-35.htm" title="Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.">1Kings 1:35</a>; and comp. <a href="/1_kings/4-1.htm" title="So king Solomon was king over all Israel.">1Kings 4:1</a>.) Accordingly, Rehoboam seems to succeed without question to the throne of Judah, but to need to be "made king" by the rest of Israel, with apparently some right on their part to require conditions before acceptance. It is significant, however, that this ceremonial is fixed, not at Jerusalem, but at Shechem, the chief city of Ephraim, of ancient dignity, even from patriarchal times, as of singular beauty and fertility of position, which became, as a matter of course, the capital of the northern kingdom after the disruption. Perhaps, in this arrangement, which seems to have had no precedent, there was some omen of revolution. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Rehoboam</span> [see on 1 Kings 11:26, and compare the name <span class="greek">Αὐρύδημος</span>. The name possibly indicates Solomon's ambitious hopes respecting him. The irony of history alone emphasizes it. <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-18.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:18, 19</a> would seem to show that Solomon himself had misgivings as to his son's abilities. "As the greatest persons cannot give themselves children, so the wisest cannot give their children wisdom" (Hall). His mother was Naamah, an Ammonitess (<a href="/1_kings/14-31.htm">1 Kings 14:31</a>). It would appear from <a href="/1_kings/14-21.htm">1 Kings 14:21</a>, and <a href="/2_chronicles/12-13.htm">2 Chronicles 12:13</a>, that he was 41 years of age at his accession. But this is, to say the least, doubtful. For <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> he is described in <a href="/2_chronicles/13-7.htm">2 Chronicles 13:7</a> as being "young (<span class="hebrew">נַעַר</span>) and tender hearted." <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> The LXX. addition to <a href="/1_kings/12-24.htm">1 Kings 12:24</a> says he was <span class="accented">sixteen</span>; <span class="greek">υἱὸς ω}ν ἑκκαίδεκα ἐτῶν ἐν τῶ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν</span>. <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> It is hardly probable that Solomon, who was himself "young and tender" at his father's death, should then have had a son a year old. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/12-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Rehoboam</span><br /><span class="heb">רְחַבְעָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(rə·ḥaḇ·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7346.htm">Strong's 7346: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rehoboam -- 'a people are enlarged', a king of Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Shechem,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7927.htm">Strong's 7927: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had gone</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(bā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[there]</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁכֶ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7927.htm">Strong's 7927: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to make him king.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ham·lîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4427.htm">Strong's 4427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/12-1.htm">1 Kings 12:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/12-1.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 12:1 Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/11-43.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 11:43"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 11:43" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/12-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 12:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 12:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>