Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
Holman Bible
Then Rehoboam
International Standard Version
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem because all of Israel went there to install him as king.
A Conservative Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel came to Shechem to make him king.
American Standard Version
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
Amplified
Rehoboam went to
Bible in Basic English
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,
Darby Translation
And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Julia Smith Translation
And Rehoboam will go to Shechem, for to Shechem came all Israel to make him king.
King James 2000
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all of Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Modern King James verseion
And Rehoboam went to Shechem. For all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
NET Bible
Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king.
New Heart English Bible
Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
The Emphasized Bible
And Rehoboam went to Shechem, - for, to Shechem, had all Israel come to make him king.
Webster
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
World English Bible
Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king.
Themes
Government » Monarchical » By solomon
Government » God in » In dividing the jewish nation into two different countries
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Rehoboam (first part of his reign)
Rehoboam » Refuses to reform abuses
Shechem » Also called sychar, a city of refuge in mount ephraim » Rehoboam crowned at
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 12:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Appeal To Rehoboam
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 10:1-19
Rehoboam went to Shechem because all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great (oak) tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.
Genesis 33:18-19
Jacob traveled safely from Paddan-aram to the city of Shechem in Canaan. He camped within sight of the city.
Joshua 20:7
So, on the west side of the Jordan River they set aside Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim and Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.
Joshua 24:1
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem. He called the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the officers of Israel, and they came to the presence of God.
Joshua 24:32
The body of Joseph, which the people of Israel had brought from Egypt, was buried at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of silver. Joseph's descendants inherited this land.
Judges 9:1
Gideon's son Abimelech went to the town of Shechem. All his mother's relatives lived there. He told them:
Judges 9:6
All the men of Shechem and Bethmillo got together and went to the sacred oak tree at Shechem, where they made Abimelech king.
1 Kings 11:43
He died and was buried in David's City. His son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.
Psalm 60:6
God has spoken from his sanctuary: I will triumph. I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
Acts 7:16
Their bodies were brought to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem.