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1 Kings 12:1 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 12 · verse 1
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.1 Kings 12:1 · King James Version
1 Kings 12:1 in context
1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
2And 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;)
3That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- RehoboamRᵉchabʻâmRechabam, an Israelite kingH7346 →
- ShechemShᵉkemShekem, a place in PalestineH7927 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- wentyâlakto walkH3212 →
- comebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- kingmâlakto reignH4427 →
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Solomon had 1000 wives and concubines, yet we read but of one son he had to bear up his name, and he a fool. It is said (Hos 4:10), They shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase. Sin is a bad way of building up a family.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-15