Rehoboam went to Shechem because all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.

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.

His brothers went to Shechem to take care of their father's flock.

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 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.

Gideon's son Abimelech went to the town of Shechem. All his mother's relatives lived there. He told them:

Solomon was king over all Israel.

Rehoboam went to Shechem. All the people of northern Israel gathered to make him king.

Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

All these men came in battle array to Hebron with the single purpose of making David the king of Israel. In fact, all Israel agreed that David should be their king.

Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

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

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Shechem

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.
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 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.
Gideon's son Abimelech went to the town of Shechem. All his mother's relatives lived there. He told them:

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Solomon was king over all Israel.
All these men came in battle array to Hebron with the single purpose of making David the king of Israel. In fact, all Israel agreed that David should be their king.
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