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1 Kings 15:7

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As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

KJV

Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

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This verse in 1 Kings 15

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?.... Which seem to be written by Iddo the prophet, see 2Ch 13:22, and there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam; and a famous pitched battle between them we read of in 2Ch 13:3.

This site's exposition

war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam

on 1 Kings 15:6-8

Verse 6 repeats almost word for word the notice of 14:30, and verse 7 gives the same standing war under Abijam's own name. Keil and Barnes read verse 6 as the old notice still running under the new king, since 2 Chronicles 13 records Abijam's campaign against Jeroboam.

This site's exposition

there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam

John Gill takes the chronicles named here to include the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo, cited at 2 Chronicles 13:22. He also points to the pitched battle between Abijah and Jeroboam at 2 Chronicles 13:3. Kings gives that war one line.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 15:1 · Written before 373.

proposed

"Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah," and under his rule the Jews obtained a magnificent victory over the Israelites in a battle, which was greater than all those fought before in their civil wars. …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Let favour be shown to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness, Isa. xxvi. That yet it was for David's sake that he was advanced, and continued upon the throne; it was for his sake (

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The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְיֶ֨תֶרand [the] rest of

    veyeterH3499 →102 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֤י[the] matters of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • אֲבִיָּם֙Abijam

    ʾaviyamH38 →5 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֔הhe did

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • הֲלֽוֹא־¿ not

    halo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הֵ֣ם[are] they

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • כְּתוּבִ֗יםwritten

    ketuvimH3789 →224 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • סֵ֛פֶר[the] scroll of

    seferH5612 →186 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] matters of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • הַיָּמִ֖יםthe days

    haiyamimH3117 →2304 times

  • לְמַלְכֵ֣יof [the] kings of

    lemalkheiH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֑הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וּמִלְחָמָ֥הand war

    umilchamahH4421 →320 times

  • הָיְתָ֛הit was

    hayetahH1961 →3559 times

  • בֵּ֥יןbetween

    beinH996 →407 times

  • אֲבִיָּ֖םAbijam

    ʾaviyamH38 →5 times

  • וּבֵ֥יןand between

    uveinH996 →407 times

  • יָרָבְעָֽם׃Jeroboam

    yaraveamH3379 →104 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Kings 14:29

    As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 22:45

      As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, along with the might he exercised and how he waged war, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of…

    • 2 Chronicles 12:15–16

      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…

    • 1 Kings 11:41

      As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?

    • 1 Kings 15:23

      Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings…

    • 1 Kings 14:19

      As for the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he waged war and how he reigned, they are indeed written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 15:1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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