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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 15:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 15:6 |
Strong Concordance |
And there was war [04421] between Rehoboam [07346] and Jeroboam [03379] all the days [03117] of his life [02416]. |
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King James |
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The writer repeats what he had said in Kg1 14:30, in order to remind the reader that Abijam inherited this war from his father. Abijam's war is described in marginal reference That the author of Kings gives none of its details is agreeable to his common practice in mere military matters. Thus he gives no details of Shishak's expedition, and omits Zerah's expedition altogether. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| "And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all his life;" i.e., the state of hostility which had already existed between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continued "all the days of his life," or so long as Abijam lived and reigned. If we take חיּיו כּל־ימי in this manner (not כּל־ימיהם, Kg1 15:16), the statement loses the strangeness which it has at first sight, and harmonizes very well with that in Kg1 15:7, that there was also war between Abijam and Jeroboam. Under Abijam it assumed the form of a serious war, in which Jeroboam sustained a great defeat (see 2 Chron 13:3-20). - The other notices concerning Abijam in Kg1 15:7, Kg1 15:8 are the same as in the case of Rehoboam in Kg1 14:29, Kg1 14:31. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| War between, &c. - Upon Jeroboam's invading him with a great army: acting then in his own defence, he totally routed Jeroboam, so that he was quiet the rest of his reign. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam - This was mentioned in the preceding chapter, Kg1 14:30, and it can mean no more than this: there was a continual spirit of hostility kept up between the two kingdoms, and no doubt frequent skirmishing between bordering parties; but it never broke out into open war, for this was particularly forbidden. See Kg1 12:24. Hostility did exist, and no doubt frequent skirmishes; but open war and pitched battles there were none.
But why is this circumstance repeated, and the history of Abijam interrupted by the repetition? There is some reason to believe that Rehoboam is not the true reading, and that it should be Abijam: "Now there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam all the days of his life." And this is the reading of fourteen of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. The Syriac has Abia the son of Rehoboam; the Arabic has Abijam. In the Septuagint the whole verse is omitted in the London Polyglot, but it is extant in those of Complutum and Antwerp. Some copies of the Targum have Abijam also, and the Editio Princeps of the Vulgate has Abia. This is doubtless the true reading, as we know there was a very memorable war between Abia and Jeroboam; see it particularly described Ch2 13:3 (note), etc. |
30 And there was war [04421] between Rehoboam [07346] and Jeroboam [03379] all their days [03117].
31 And Rehoboam [07346] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and was buried [06912] with his fathers [01] in the city [05892] of David [01732]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Naamah [05279] an Ammonitess [05985]. And Abijam [038] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
29 Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Rehoboam [07346], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
8 And Abijam [038] slept [07901] with his fathers [01]; and they buried [06912] him in the city [05892] of David [01732]: and Asa [0609] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
7 Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Abijam [038], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]? And there was war [04421] between Abijam [038] and Jeroboam [03379].
7 Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Abijam [038], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]? And there was war [04421] between Abijam [038] and Jeroboam [03379].
16 And there was war [04421] between Asa [0609] and Baasha [01201] king [04428] of Israel [03478] all their days [03117].
3 And Abijah [029] set [0631] the battle [04421] in array [0631] with an army [02428] of valiant men [01368] of war [04421], even four [0702] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] chosen [0977] men [0376]: Jeroboam [03379] also set the battle [04421] in array [06186] against him with eight [08083] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] chosen [0977] men [0376], being mighty men [01368] of valour [02428].
24 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Ye shall not go up [05927], nor fight [03898] against your brethren [0251] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: return [07725] every man [0376] to his house [01004]; for this thing [01697] is [01961] from me. They hearkened [08085] therefore to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], and returned [07725] to depart [03212], according to the word [01697] of the LORD [03068].
30 And there was war [04421] between Rehoboam [07346] and Jeroboam [03379] all their days [03117].