2 Chronicles 10:1

Rehoboam’s Debacle

1 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come [to] Shechem to make him king.

2 Chronicles 10:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 12:1

(See Gill on 1 Kings 12:1).

2 Chronicles 10:1 In-Context

1 Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come [to] Shechem to make him king.

2 And it happened [that] when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard [it]--now he [was] in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon--Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

3 And they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and all Israel went, and they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

4 "Your father made our yoke heavy. Now, therefore, lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve you."

5 And he said to them, "In three days return to me again." And the people went away.