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1 Kings 12:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Kings 12:1-3
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Northern Tribes Secede
12 Rehobo′am went to Shechem,[a] for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And when Jerobo′am the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, whither he had fled from King Solomon), then Jerobo′am returned from[b] Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him; and Jerobo′am and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehobo′am,
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- 12.1 Shechem was the old religious center of the northern tribes. The alliance between these and Judah was never very strong, even during the united monarchy.
- 1 Kings 12:2 Gk Vg Compare 2 Chron 10.2: Heb dwelt in
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