1 Kings 12:1

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 12:25

Jeroboam Makes Golden Calves

12:25 ³ Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.

[12:1]  ¹ tn Heb “come [to].”

[12:1]  ² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Rehoboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[12:25]  ³ tc The Old Greek translation has here a lengthy section consisting of twenty-three verses that are not found in the MT.