1 Kings 12:1

New Century Version

Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all the Israelites had gone to make him king.

Cross References

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through that land as far as the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.

1 Kings 11:43

Then he died and was buried in Jerusalem, the city of David, his father. And his son Rehoboam became king in his place.

1 Kings 12:25

Then Jeroboam made Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim a very strong city, and he lived there. He also went to the city of Peniel and made it stronger.

2 Chronicles 11:1

When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered one hundred eighty thousand of the best soldiers from Judah and Benjamin. He wanted to fight Israel to take back his kingdom.

Psalm 60:6

God has said from his Temple, “When I win, I will divide Shechem and measure off the Valley of Succoth.

Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men came to Mizpah bringing grain offerings and incense to the Temple of the Lord. Those men from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves.

Acts 7:16

Later their bodies were moved to Shechem and put in a grave there. (It was the same grave Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.)

Joshua 20:7

So the Israelites chose these cities to be cities of safety: Kedesh in Galilee in the mountains of Naphtali; Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim; Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the mountains of Judah;

Joshua 24:1

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem. He called the elders, heads of families, judges, and officers of Israel to stand before God.

Joshua 24:32

When the Israelites left Egypt, they carried the bones of Joseph with them. They buried them at Shechem, in the land Jacob had bought for a hundred pieces of silver from the sons of Hamor (Hamor was the father of Shechem). This land now belonged to Joseph’s children.

Judges 9:1

Abimelech son of Gideon went to his uncles in the city of Shechem. He said to his uncles and all of his mother’s family group,

Judges 9:6

Then all of the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered beside the great tree standing in Shechem. There they made Abimelech their king.