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1 Kings 12:1

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

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וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvayelekhand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…רְחַבְעָ֖םrechavamRehoboamרְחַבְעָםnoun, proper name — “Rehoboam”H7346Rechabam, an Israelite kingRehoboam.שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemShechemשְׁכֶםnoun, proper name — “Shechem”H7927Shekem, a place in PalestineShechem.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…שְׁכֶ֛םshekhemShechemשְׁכֶםnoun, proper name — “Shechem”H7927Shekem, a place in PalestineShechem.בָּ֥אbato comeבּוֹאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to come”, a completed actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…כָלkhalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.לְהַמְלִ֥יךְlehamlikheto reignמָלַךְpreposition, verb, hiphil, infinitive construct — “to reign”, the to-form of the verbH4427to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counselconsult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.אֹתֽוֹotvoobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king.

World English Bible

Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

Darby Translation

And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

Douay-Rheims

And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And king Roboam goes to Sikima; for all Israel were coming to Sikima to make him king.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ πορεύεται βασιλεὺς Ῥοβοὰμ εἰς Σίκιμα, ὅτι εἰς Σίκιμα ἤρχοντο πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτόν.