1 Kings 14:31 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 14:31

And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

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ASV

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

KJV

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David,.... Where David and Solomon were buried, 1Ki 2:10 and his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess; which is repeated, that it might be observed as what was the leading step to his idolatry, and the means of his continuing in it: and Abijam his son reigned in his stead; of whom there is a further account in the following chapter.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was strange that David would marry his son Solomon to an Ammonitess (for it was done while he lived), but it is probable that Solomon was in love with her, because she was Naamah, a beauty (so it signifies), and his father was loth to cross him, but it proved to have a very bad influence upon posterity.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Slept with his fathers and was buried ... - Compare 1Ki 11:43. The expression is a sort of formula, and is used with respect to all the kings of Judah, except two or three. The writer probably regards the fact, which he records so carefully, as a continuation of God’s mercy to David. His mother’s name ... - The mention of the queen-mother so regularly in the account of the kings of Judah is thought to indicate that she had an important position in the state.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב	vai.yish.Kav	and he lay down	H7901 →
רְחַבְעָ֜ם	re.chav.'Am	Rehoboam	H7346 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
אֲבֹתָ֗יו	'a.vo.Tav	ancestors his	H1 →
וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר	vai.yi.ka.Ver	and he was buried	H6912 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
אֲבֹתָיו֙	'a.vo.Tav	ancestors his	H1 →
בְּעִ֣יר	be.'Ir	in [the] city of	H5892 →
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וְשֵׁ֣ם	ve.Shem	and [the] name of	H8034 →
אִמּ֔וֹ	'i.Mo	mother his	H517 →
נַעֲמָ֖ה	na.'a.Mah	[was] Naamah	H5279 →
הָעַמֹּנִ֑ית	ha.'a.mo.Nit	the Ammonite [woman]	H5984 →
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ	vai.yim.Lokh	and he became king	H4427 →
אֲבִיָּ֥ם	'a.vi.Yam	Abijam	H38 →
בְּנ֖וֹ	be.No	son his	H1121 →
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ	tach.Tav	in place of him	H8478 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 11:43
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:10
  Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 1:7
  Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 21:18
  And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And his son Amon reigned in his place.
- Deuteronomy 31:16
  And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will…
Through
1 Kings 15:24
And Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David, and his son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place.
leads to
- Matthew 1:8
  Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
- 1 Kings 22:41–43
  In the fourth year of Ahab’s reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.
Through
1 Kings 22:50
And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 21:1
  And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
Through
Matthew 1:7
Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 14:1–15
  Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About 1 Kings