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1 Kings 12

1 Kings 12:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andh Rehoboam
Rchab`am (Hebrew #7346)
a people has enlarged; Rechabam, an Israelite king
KJV usage: Rehoboam.
Pronounce: rekh-ab-awm'
Origin: from 7337 and 5971
went
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
to Shechem
Shkem (Hebrew #7927)
ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Shechem.
Pronounce: shek-em'
Origin: the same as 7926
: for all Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
were come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to Shechem
Shkem (Hebrew #7927)
ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Shechem.
Pronounce: shek-em'
Origin: the same as 7926
to make him king
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
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2 Chron. 10:1• 1{i}And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.{/i} (2 Chron. 10:1)
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1-5:  The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam, by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him.
6-15:  Rehoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, answers them roughly.
16-20:  Ten tribes revolting, kill Adoram, and make Rehoboam flee.
21-24:  Rehoboam, raising an army, is forbidden by Shemaiah.
25:  Jeroboam strengthens himself by cities;
26-33:  and by the idolatry of the two calves.
Rehoboam.
1 Kings 11:43• 43{i}And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.{/i} (1 Kings 11:43)
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2 Chron. 10:1‑19• 1{i}And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.{/i}
 2{i}And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (now he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.{/i}
 3{i}And they sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam saying,{/i}
 4{i}Thy father made our yoke grievous; and now lighten the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.{/i}
 5{i}And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed.{/i}
 6{i}And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, How do ye advise to return answer to this people?{/i}
 7{i}And they spoke to him saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants forever.{/i}
 8{i}But{/i} he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him that stood before him.
 9And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
 10And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou [it] somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little [finger] shall be thicker than my father's loins.
 11For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.
 12So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
 13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
 14and answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I [will chastise you] with scorpions.
 15{i}So the king hearkened not to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Jehovah might give effect to his word, which he spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.{/i}
 16{i}And all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them; and the people answered the king saying, What portion have we in David? and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel. Now see to thine own house, David! And all Israel went to their tents.{/i}
 17{i}But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.{/i}
 18{i}And king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the levy; but the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam hastened to mount his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.{/i}
 19{i}And Israel rebelled against the house of David, unto this day.{/i} (2 Chron. 10:1‑19)
Shechem.
Gen. 12:6• 6{i}And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And{/i} the Canaanite was then in the land. (Gen. 12:6)
Sichem.
Gen. 33:18‑19• 18And Jacob came [in] peace [to the] city Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-Aram, and encamped before the city.
 19And he bought an allotment of the field where he had spread his tent, at the hands of Hamor's sons, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitahs . (Gen. 33:18‑19)
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Josh. 20:7• 7{i}And they hallowed Kedesh in Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, in the hill-country of Judah.{/i} (Josh. 20:7)
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Josh. 24:1,32• 1{i}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.{/i}
 32{i}And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs; and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.{/i} (Josh. 24:1,32)
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Judg. 9:1• 1{i}And Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brethren, and spoke to them, and to all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,{/i} (Judg. 9:1)
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Psa. 60:6• 6God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult;{HR}I will divide Shechem,{HR}And the valley of Succoth will I mete out. (Psa. 60:6)
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Acts 7:16• 16and they were carried over unto Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in [son, of] Shechem. (Acts 7:16)
Sychem.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.