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1 Kings 12:1

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Rehoboam Loses His Kingdom

12:1 Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in 1  Shechem to make Rehoboam 2  king.

1 Kings 12:20

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12:20 When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. 3 

1 Kings 12:25

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Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves

12:25 4 Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

1 tn Heb “come [to].”

2 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

3 tn Heb “there was no one [following] after the house of David except the tribe of Judah, it alone.”

4 tc The Old Greek translation has here a lengthy section consisting of twenty-three verses that are not found in the MT.



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