1 Kings 12:1

1. To Shechem A central place for the northern tribes to meet, and consecrated by many hallowed associations. Compare Genesis 12:6; Genesis 33:18; Genesis 37:12; Deuteronomy 11:29; Deuteronomy 27:12-13; Joshua 8:33; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 24:1-25.

For all Israel were come… to make him king The verb בא , were come, should here be rendered by the pluperfect had come. It seems that this coming together of the ten tribes was an action preconcerted among themselves. They had their demands all ready, and their plans and purposes fixed for revolt in case the king would not yield to them. The for ( כי ) introduces the reason of Rehoboam’s going to Shechem. He went thither to receive the oath of allegiance from the representatives of the northern tribes, who had already assembled there ostensibly for the purpose of acknowledging him king.