1 Re 12:1

1 Roboamo andò a Sichem, perché tutto Israele era venuto a Sichem per farlo re.

1 Re 12:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 12:1

And Rehoboam went to Shechem
After the death and internment of his father:

for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king:
as was pretended, though in reality it was to seek occasion against him, and make Jeroboam king; it is very probable they knew of the prophecy of Ahijah, and therefore would not go to Jerusalem, but to Shechem, a city in the tribe of Ephraim, of which Jeroboam was, and where he had sowed the seeds of sedition when ruler there; and this place they chose, partly because they could more freely speak what they had in their minds, and partly for the safety of Jeroboam they had sent for on this occasion; so that Rehoboam went thither not of choice, but of necessity. The Jews

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 observe that this place was very ominous; here Dinah was ravished, Joseph was sold, Abimelech exercised tyranny, and here now the kingdom was divided.

F3 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 102. 1.

1 Re 12:1 In-Context

1 Roboamo andò a Sichem, perché tutto Israele era venuto a Sichem per farlo re.

2 Quando Geroboamo, figliuolo di Nebat, ebbe di ciò notizia, si trovava ancora in Egitto dov’era fuggito per scampare dal re Salomone; stava in Egitto,

3 e quivi lo mandarono a chiamare. Allora Geroboamo e tutta la raunanza d’Israele vennero a parlare a Roboamo, e gli dissero:

4 "Tuo padre ha reso duro il nostro giogo; ora rendi tu più lieve la dura servitù e il giogo pesante che tuo padre ci ha imposti, e noi ti serviremo".

5 Ed egli rispose loro: "Andatevene, e tornate da me fra tre giorni". E il popolo se ne andò.