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2 Chronicles 10:2

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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon), that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

KJV

And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 10

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

all Israel come to make him king

on 2 Chronicles 10:1-2

Shechem carries its own history: Joshua renewed the covenant there in Josh 24, and Abimelech was crowned king there in disaster in Judg 9, so all Israel gathering on that ground to make Rehoboam king already signals a coronation under negotiation rather than a formality. Jeroboam is recalled from the Egypt he fled to escape Solomon's hand in 1 Ki 11:40, and his return puts Ahijah's anointed man on the ground before the assembly ever meets. Chronicles opens the scene exactly as 1 Ki 12:1-2 does; the parallel's blow-by-blow belongs to the Kings exposition, and this chapter's own weight falls later, at verse 15.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king In Shechem, which was Jeroboam’s place, which was in the territory of Ephraim.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 10:1:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְהִ֞יand it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • כִּשְׁמֹ֨עַwhen heard

    kishmoa'H8085 →1159 times

  • יָרָבְעָ֤םJeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • נְבָט֙Nebat

    nevatH5028 →25 times

  • וְה֣וּאand he

    vehu'H1931 →1879 times

  • בְמִצְרַ֔יִם[was] in Egypt

    vemitzrayimH4714 →641 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhere

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בָּרַ֔חhe had fled

    barachH1272 →

  • מִפְּנֵ֖יfrom before

    mipeneiH6440 →2123 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֣הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • וַיָּ֥שָׁבand he returned

    vaiyashovH7725 →1056 times

  • יָרָבְעָ֖םJeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

  • מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃from Egypt

    mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 11:40Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.6 works1 Kings 11:26Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,3 works1 Kings 11:28Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.3 works1 Kings 12:2When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.3 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 11:26

    Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 12:2

      When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

    • 2 Chronicles 13:6

      Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

    • Ruth 1:2

      The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of…

    • 2 Samuel 20:21

      That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I…

    • 1 Kings 11:11

      Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and…

  • Through

    1 Kings 11:28

    Now Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 22:29

      Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

  • Through

    1 Kings 12:2

    When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 11:40

      Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.

  • Through

    1 Kings 11:40

    Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 12:2–9

      In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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