1And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
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.
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. …
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)We may observe here, 1. The wisest and best cannot give every body content. Solomon enriched and advanced his kingdom, did all (one would think) that could be done to make then happy and easy; and yet either he was indiscreet in burdening them with the imposition of taxes and services, or at least there was some colour of reason to think him so. No man is perfectly wise. It is probable that it was…
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