And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. (2 Chronicles 10:1)
Chapter 10 deals with the revolt of Jeroboam. The comparable record is
1 Kings 12:1-19. The differences in the two accounts are few and unimportant.
On the possible reason for Rehoboam’s choice of the city of Shechem as the place for his coronation see on
1 Kings 12:1.