⁶ And all the leaders of Shechem came together, and all ^(A)Beth-millo, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.

⁹ And David lived in the stronghold and called it ^(A)the city of David. And David built the city all around from the ^(B)Millo inward.

^20 (A)His servants arose and made a conspiracy ^(B)and struck down Joash in the house of ^(C)Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.

Jeroboam's Golden Calves

²⁵ Then Jeroboam ^(A)built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and ^(B)built Penuel.

²⁰ And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David but ^(A)the tribe of Judah only.

Rehoboam's Folly

12 ^(A)Rehoboam went to ^(B)Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

²⁶ And Joshua ^(A)wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And ^(B)he took a large stone and set it up there ^(C)under the terebinth that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.