3 Kings 12:1
And Roboam went to Sichem: for thither were all Israel come together to make him king.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Venit autem Roboam in Sichem : illuc enim congregatus erat omnis Israël ad constituendum eum regem.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ πορεύεται βασιλεὺς Ῥοβοὰμ εἰς Σίκιμα, ὅτι εἰς Σίκιμα ἤρχοντο πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ βασιλεῦσαι αὐτόν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֖ם שְׁכֶ֑ם כִּ֥י שְׁכֶ֛ם בָּ֥א כָל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ אֹתֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
King, or to acknowledge his right, provided he would grant their request. The discontented assembled at Sichem, rather than at Jerusalem, as they would be under less restraint. (Calmet)
They appointed Jeroboam to prefer their petition. (Menochius)
Roboam was probably the only son whom Solomon had by his wives. (Calmet)
We read of two daughters, Japheth and Basemath, chap. iv. 11., and 15. (Haydock)
Naama, the Ammonite, was the mother of Robaom, who, though 40 years old, was devoid of good sense, 2 Paralipomenon xiii. 7., Ecclesiastes ii. 18., and Ecclesiasticus xlvii. 27. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.