2 Chronicles 10 · Verse 1

2 Chronicles 10:1

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
2 Chronicles 10:1, King James Version

2 Chronicles 10:1 in other translations

BSBThen Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
WEBRehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
ASVAnd Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
YLTAnd Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem have all Israel come to cause him to reign.
DARBYAnd Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
BBEAnd Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.
WebsterAnd Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem had all Israel come to make him king.

What does 2 Chronicles 10:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2Ch 10:1-15. Rehoboam Refusing the Old Men's Good Counsel. 1. Rehoboam went to Shechem--(See on 1Ki 12:1). This chapter is, with a few verbal alterations, the same as in 1Ki 12:1-19.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The people apply to Rehoboam to ease them of their burdens, 2Chr 10:1-4. Rejecting the advice of the aged counsellors, and following that of the young men, he gives them an ungracious answer, 2Chr 10:5-14. The people are discouraged, and ten tribes revolt, 2Chr 10:15-17. They stone Hadoram, who went to collect the tribute; and Rehoboam but barely escapes, 2Chr 10:18, 2Chr 10:19. Verse 1 Rehoboam went to Shechem - This chapter is almost word for word the same as 1 Kings 12:1-19, to the notes on which the reader is referred.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
The ten tribes revolt from Rehoboam. --Moderate counsels are wisest and best. Gentleness will do what violence will not do. Most people like to be accosted mildly. Good words cost only a little self-denial, yet they purchase great things. No more needs to be done to ruin men, than to leave them to their own pride and passion. Thus, whatever are the devices of men, God is doing his own work by all, and fulfilling the word which he has spoken. No man can bequeath his prosperity to his heirs any more than his wisdom; though our children will generally be affected by our conduct, whether good or bad. Let us then seek those good things which will be our own for ever; and crave the blessing of God upon our posterity, in preference to wealth or worldly exaltation.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Chronicles 10:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
רְחַבְעָ֖םre.chav.'AmRehoboamH7346
שְׁכֶ֑מָהshe.Khe.mahShechem towardsH7927
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
שְׁכֶ֛םshe.KhemShechemH7927
בָּ֥אוּBa.'uthey had comeH935
כָל\־khol-allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לְהַמְלִ֥יךְle.ham.Likhto make kingH4427
אֹתֽוֹ\׃'o.To<obj.> himH853

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 10:1

  • 1 Kings 12:1-20

    And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. …

  • 1 Kings 4:1

    So king Solomon was king over all Israel.

  • Matthew 1:7

    And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

  • 1 Chronicles 3:10

    And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

  • Judges 9:1

    And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

  • 1 Chronicles 12:38

    All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

  • Genesis 37:12-13

    And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

  • Genesis 12:6

    And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

  • Joshua 20:7

    And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

  • Joshua 24:1

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam, by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him.
6 Rehoboam, refusing the old mens' counsel, by the advice of young men answers them roughly.
16 Ten tribes revolting, kill Hadoram, and make Rehoboam flee.

Rehoboam.
1Ki 12:1; 1Ch 3:10; Mt 1:7
Roboam. Shechem.
Ge 12:6
Sichem.
Ge 37:12,13; Jos 20:7; 24:1; Jud 9:1
all.
1Ki 4:1; 1Ch 12:38

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 10:1

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

  • 2 Chronicles 10:2

    And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

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2 Chronicles 10:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y ROBOAM fué á Sichêm porque en Sichêm se había juntado todo Israel para hacerlo rey.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
*Et Roboam alla à Sichem, car tout Israël était venu à Sichem pour le faire roi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Rehabeam ging nach Sichem; denn ganz Israel war nach Sichem gekommen, um ihn zum König zu machen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Profectus est autem Roboam in Sichem: illuc enim cunctus Israël convenerat ut constituerent eum regem.