Verse 1

2 Chronicles 10:1

Bible in Basic English

1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֵּ֥לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֖ם שְׁכֶ֑מָ/ה כִּ֥י שְׁכֶ֛ם בָּ֥אוּ כָל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְ/הַמְלִ֥יךְ אֹתֽ/וֹ

English Translation

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

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Chapter 10 Context

1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king.

2 And when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had news of it, (for he was in Egypt where he had gone in fligh... Focus ↗

3 And they sent for him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said, Focus ↗

4 Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us d... Focus ↗

5 And he said to them, Come to me again after three days. So the people went away. Focus ↗

6 Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was... Focus ↗

7 And they said to him, If you are kind to this people, pleasing them and saying good words to them, t... Focus ↗

8 But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation... Focus ↗

9 And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said t... Focus ↗

10 And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came t... Focus ↗

11 If my father put a hard yoke on you, I will make it harder: my father gave you punishment with whips... Focus ↗

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, sayi... Focus ↗

13 And the king gave them a rough answer. So King Rehoboam gave no attention to the suggestion of the o... Focus ↗

14 But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I... Focus ↗

15 So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God (Elohim), so t... Focus ↗

16 And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to... Focus ↗

17 But Rehoboam was still king over those of the children of Israel who were living in the towns of Jud... Focus ↗

18 Then Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Isra... Focus ↗

19 So Israel was turned away from the family of David to this day. Focus ↗

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