Then Joshuagatheredallthe tribesof Israelto Shechem,and calledfor the eldersof Israeland for their headsand their judgesand their officers;and they presentedthemselves beforeGod.
Abrampassedthroughthe landas faras the siteof Shechem,to the oakof Moreh.Now the Canaanite[was] thenin the land.
So they gaveto Jacoballthe foreigngodswhichthey hadand the ringswhichwere in their ears,and Jacobhidthem underthe oakwhichwas nearShechem.
Then Rehoboamwentto Shechem,for allIsraelhad cometo Shechemto makehim king.
Then the kingsent,and they gatheredto him allthe eldersof Judahand of Jerusalem.
"SoI sentfor you immediately,and you have been kind enoughto come.Nowthen,we are allhere presentbeforeGodto hearallthat you have been commandedby the Lord."
"So keepthe wordsof thiscovenantto dothem, that you may prosperin allthat you do.
So they setapartKedeshin Galileein the hillcountryof Naphtaliand Shechemin the hillcountryof Ephraim,and Kiriath-arba(that is, Hebron)in the hillcountryof Judah.
that Joshuacalledfor allIsrael,for their eldersand their headsand their judgesand their officers,and saidto them, "I amold,advancedin years.
Then allthe sonsof Israeland allthe peoplewentup and cameto Betheland wept;thus they remainedtherebeforethe LORDand fastedthat dayuntilevening.And they offeredburntofferingsand peaceofferingsbeforethe LORD.
"But you have todayrejectedyour God,whodeliversyou from allyour calamitiesand your distresses;yet you have said,'No,but seta kingoverus!' Nowtherefore, presentyourselves beforethe LORDby your tribesand by your clans."
