1 Kings 12:1
1 Kings · Old Testament · Chapter 12
“And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.”1 Kings 12:1
What Does 1 Kings 12:1 Mean?
1 Kings 12:1 is found in the book of 1 Kings, chapter 12, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to 1 Kings 12:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 11:14“Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.”Matthew 2:20“Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.”Jeremiah 41:5“That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.”Judges 9:6“And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.”2 Chronicles 10:1“And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.”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.”Genesis 33:18“And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.”Joshua 17:7“And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.”Joshua 20:7“And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.”Joshua 21:21“For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,”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.”Joshua 24:32“And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.”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 Kings 11:43“And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.”1 Kings 12:25“Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.”2 Kings 21:24“And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.”Psalms 60:6“God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.”Acts 7:16“And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.”
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