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1 Kings 12
1 Kings 12:1
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1 Kings 12:1
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Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam
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Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
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1 Kings 12:1 in Other Translations
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And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
ESV
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Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
NLT
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Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.
MSG
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Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king.
CSB
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Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
1 Kings 12:1 In-Context
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Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt.
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So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:
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“Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
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Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then come back to me.” So the people went away.
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ver 25; S
Genesis 12:6
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Joshua 24:32
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