The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 10:1 Explained

2 Chronicles 10:1

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

YLT: And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem have all Israel come to cause him to reign.

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 2 Chronicles 10:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 10

1  The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Rehoboam,
3  by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him,
6  Rehoboam, refusing the old mens' counsel, answers them roughly,
16  Ten tribes revolting, kill Hadoram, and make Rehoboam flee

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 10:1 mean?

And went Rehoboam to Shechem for to Shechem had gone all Israel to make king him
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֖ם שְׁכֶ֑מָה כִּ֥י שְׁכֶ֛ם בָּ֥אוּ כָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ אֹתֽוֹ

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ  And  went 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
רְחַבְעָ֖ם  Rehoboam 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: רְחַבְעָם  
Sense: son of Solomon and the st king of Judah after the split up of the kingdom of Israel.
שְׁכֶ֑מָה  to  Shechem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: שְׁכֶם 
Sense: son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob’s arrival.
שְׁכֶ֛ם  to  Shechem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׁכֶם 
Sense: son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob’s arrival.
בָּ֥אוּ  had  gone 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
לְהַמְלִ֥יךְ  to  make  king 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.