Bible Cross References
Rehoboam
1 Kings 11:43
He died and was buried in David's City, and his son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.
2 Chronicles 10:1-19
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Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the people of northern Israel had gathered to make him king.
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When Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had gone to Egypt to escape from King Solomon, heard this news, he returned home.
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The people of the northern tribes sent for him, and they all went together to Rehoboam and said to him,
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"Your father placed heavy burdens on us. If you make these burdens lighter and make life easier for us, we will be your loyal subjects."
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Rehoboam replied, "Give me three days to consider the matter. Then come back." So the people left.
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King Rehoboam consulted the older men who had served as his father Solomon's advisers. "What answer do you advise me to give these people?" he asked.
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They replied, "If you are kind to these people and try to please them by giving a considerate answer, they will always serve you loyally."
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But he ignored the advice of the older men and went instead to the young men who had grown up with him and who were now his advisers.
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"What do you advise me to do?" he asked. "What shall I say to the people who are asking me to make their burdens lighter?"
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They replied, "This is what you should tell them: 'My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.'
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Tell them, 'My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I'll flog you with bullwhips!' "
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Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to King Rehoboam, as he had instructed them.
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The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the people,
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as the younger men had advised. He said, "My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I'll flog you with bullwhips!"
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It was the will of the LORD God to bring about what he had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh. This is why the king did not pay any attention to the people.
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When the people saw that the king would not listen to them, they shouted, "Down with David and his family! What have they ever done for us? People of Israel, let's go home! Let Rehoboam look out for himself !" So the people of Israel rebelled,
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leaving Rehoboam as king only of the people who lived in the territory of Judah.
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Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, who was in charge of the forced labor, to go to the Israelites, but they stoned him to death. At this, Rehoboam hurriedly got in his chariot and escaped to Jerusalem.
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Ever since that time the people of the northern kingdom of Israel have been in rebellion against the dynasty of David.
Shechem
Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land until he came to the sacred tree of Moreh, the holy place at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were still living in the land.)
Sichem
Genesis 33:18
On his return from Mesopotamia Jacob arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan and set up his camp in a field near the city.
Genesis 33:19
He bought that part of the field from the descendants of Hamor father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver.
Joshua 20:7
So, on the west side of the Jordan they set aside Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim; and Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.
Joshua 24:1
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem. He called the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the officers of Israel, and they came into the presence of God.
Joshua 24:32
The body of Joseph, which the people of Israel had brought from Egypt, was buried at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of silver. This land was inherited by Joseph's descendants.
Judges 9:1
Gideon's son Abimelech went to the town of Shechem, where all his mother's relatives lived, and told them
Psalm 60:6
From his sanctuary God has said, "In triumph I will divide Shechem and distribute Sukkoth Valley to my people.
Acts 7:16
Their bodies were taken to Shechem, where they were buried in the grave which Abraham had bought from the clan of Hamor for a sum of money.