101 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
101 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
101 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
101 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem where all Israel had gathered to inaugurate him as king.
101 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.
101 Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 10:1
Chapter Contents
The ten tribes revolt from Rehoboam.
Moderate counsels are wisest and best. Gentleness will do what violence will not do. Most people like to be accosted mildly. Good words cost only a little self-denial, yet they purchase great things. No more needs to be done to ruin men, than to leave them to their own pride and passion. Thus, whatever are the devices of men, God is doing his own work by all, and fulfilling the word which he has spoken. No man can bequeath his prosperity to his heirs any more than his wisdom; though our children will generally be affected by our conduct, whether good or bad. Let us then seek those good things which will be our own for ever; and crave the blessing of God upon our posterity, in preference to wealth or worldly exaltation.