1 Kings 15:6 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 15:6

And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.

BSB

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ASV

Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

KJV

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. Not the days of Rehoboam, though that was true, and is observed, 1Ki 14:30, but all the days of Abijam, before he came to the throne, and in which, when a young man, he was concerned, and which still continued between him and Jeroboam; though some think he is called by his father's name, as Rehoboam is called David, 1Ki 12:16.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam - This was mentioned in the preceding chapter, 1Ki 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 1Ki 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?

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמִלְחָמָ֨ה	u.mil.cha.Mah	and war	H4421 →
הָיְתָ֧ה	ha.ye.Tah	it was	H1961 →
בֵין־	vein-	between	H996 →
רְחַבְעָ֛ם	re.chav.'Am	Rehoboam	H7346 →
וּבֵ֥ין	u.Vein	and between	H996 →
יָרָבְעָ֖ם	ya.ra.ve.'Am	Jeroboam	H3379 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
יְמֵ֥י	ye.Mei	[the] days of	H3117 →
חַיָּֽיו׃	chai.Yav	life his	H2416 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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 14:30
There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
leads to
- 1 Kings 12:21
  And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of…
- 1 Kings 12:24
  that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they…
- 1 Kings 15:6–7
  And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.
- 2 Chronicles 12:15
  Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and…