Then Rehoboamwentto Shechem,for allIsraelhad cometo Shechemto makehim king.
Abrampassedthroughthe landas faras the siteof Shechem,to the oakof Moreh.Now the Canaanite[was] thenin the land.
Now KingSolomonwas kingoverallIsrael.
Allthese,being menof warwho could drawup in battleformation,cameto Hebronwith a perfectheartto makeDavidkingoverallIsrael;and allthe restalsoof Israelwere of onemindto makeDavidking.
Now Solomon'sson[was] Rehoboam,Abijah[was] his son,Asahis son,Jehoshaphathis son,
When Jeroboamthe sonof Nebatheard[of it] (for he was in Egyptwherehe had fledfrom the presenceof KingSolomon),Jeroboamreturnedfrom Egypt.
And Solomonsleptwith his fathersand was buriedin the cityof his fatherDavid;and his sonRehoboamreignedin his place.
Solomonwas the fatherof Rehoboam,Rehoboamthe fatherof Abijah,and Abijahthe fatherof Asa.
So they setapartKedeshin Galileein the hillcountryof Naphtaliand Shechemin the hillcountryof Ephraim,and Kiriath-arba(that is, Hebron)in the hillcountryof Judah.
Then Joshuagatheredallthe tribesof Israelto Shechem,and calledfor the eldersof Israeland for their headsand their judgesand their officers;and they presentedthemselves beforeGod.
And Abimelechthe sonof Jerubbaalwentto Shechemto his mother'srelatives,and spoketo them and to the wholeclanof the householdof his mother'sfather,saying,