1 Kings 12:1

Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam

1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

1 Kings 12:1 in Other Translations

KJV
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
ESV
1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
NLT
1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.
MSG
1 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king.
CSB
1 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.

1 Kings 12:1 In-Context

1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
2 When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt.
3 So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:
4 “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.”
5 Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then come back to me.” So the people went away.

Cross References 1

  • 1. ver 25; S Genesis 12:6; Joshua 24:32
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