King James Version
1 Kings 12:1 in the King James Version says “And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.”
1 Kings 12:1 · KJV
And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“for all Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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