KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 2 Chronicles 10:1 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And Rehoboam” | רְחַבְעָ֖ם | Rechabam, an Israelite king | Rehoboam |
| “went” | וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | went |
| “to Shechem:” | שְׁכֶ֑מָה | Shekem, a place in Palestine | Shechem |
| “for” | כִּ֥י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “to Shechem” | שְׁכֶ֛ם | Shekem, a place in Palestine | Shechem |
| “were all” | כָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “Israel” | יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity | Israel |
| “come” | בָּ֥אוּ | To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) | come |
| “to make him king.” | לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ | To reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty | make king |
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1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
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.
3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
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