And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king — Rehoboam traveled to Shechem (שְׁכֶם), where all Israel gathered to acclaim him as king (הַמְלִיכוּ אוֹתוֹ). Shechem, in central Israel, was the traditional coronation site, geographically and historically significant for covenant-renewal.

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