1 Kings 14:31
in 1 Kings 14And 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Kings 14
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This site's exposition
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah
on 1 Kings 14:29-31
The southern kingdom gets its own named source here, the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah, matching the northern formula the narrator used two verses earlier for Israel. Verse 30 records continuous war between the two houses without describing a single battle, a hostility the book will keep marking by this same short notice through several reigns to come. Rehoboam dies and is buried with his fathers in the city of David, his mother named again as at verse 21, and Abijam his son succeeds him to a reign the next chapter measures and finds wanting.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
In both we may read the mischievous consequences of sin and the calamities it brings on kingdoms and families. Abijah's Sickness; the Prophet Ahijah Consulted.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.
Naamah an Ammonitess - He was born of a heathen mother, and begotten of an apostate father. From such an impure fountain could sweet water possibly spring? Abijam his son reigned in his stead - Though righteousness cannot be propagated, because it is supernatural, yet unrighteousness may, for that is a genuine offspring of nature. Abijam was the wicked son of an apostate father and heathenish mother. Grace may be grafted on a crab stock; but let none do evil that good may come of it. A bad stock will produce bad fruit. Dr. Kennicott observes that the name of this king of Judah is now expressed three ways: here and in four other places it is Abijam or Abim; in two others it is Abihu, but in eleven other places it is Abiah, as it is expressed by St. Matthew, Mat 1:7, Ῥοβοαμ εγεννησε τον ΑΒΙΑ; and this is the reading of thirteen of Kennicott’s and De Rossi’s MSS., and of thirteen respectable editions of the Hebrew Bible. The Syriac is the same. The Septuagint in the London Polyglot has αβιου, Abihu; but in the Complutensian and Antwerp Polyglots, it is αβια, Abiah. Though the common printed Vulgate has Abiam, yet the Editio Princeps of the Vulgate, some MSS., and the text in the Complutensian and Antwerp Polyglots, have Abia; which without doubt is the reading that should in all cases be followed. The rabbins say, and particularly Rab. Sol. Jarchi, that the Shishak mentioned in this chapter is Pharaoh Necho, and that he invaded Israel in order to get the ivory throne of his son-in-law Solomon, which he had always coveted; and this throne he carried away. It appears however that he spoiled the temple, the king’s palace, etc., and in short took every thing away without resistance which he chose to carry off. It is very likely that this had a good effect on Rehoboam; it probably caused him to frequent the temple, 1Ki 14:28, which it is likely he had before neglected. […]
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב | vaiyishkav | and he lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| רְחַבְעָ֜ם | rechavam | Rehoboam | H7346 → | 50 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֗יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר | vaiyikaver | and he was buried | H6912 → | 133 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָיו֙ | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בְּעִ֣יר | beir | in [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| דָּוִ֔ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וְשֵׁ֣ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אִמּ֔וֹ | ʾimo | mother his | H517 → | 220 times |
| נַעֲמָ֖ה | naamah | [was] Naamah | H5279 → | |
| הָעַמֹּנִ֑ית | haamonit | the Ammonite [woman] | H5984 → | 21 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| אֲבִיָּ֥ם | ʾaviyam | Abijam | H38 → | 5 times |
| בְּנ֖וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨בand he lay down
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
רְחַבְעָ֜םRehoboam
rechavamH7346 →50 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֗יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
וַיִּקָּבֵ֤רand he was buried
vaiyikaverH6912 →133 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָיו֙ancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
בְּעִ֣ירin [the] city of
beirH5892 →1090 times
דָּוִ֔דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
אִמּ֔וֹmother his
ʾimoH517 →220 times
נַעֲמָ֖ה[was] Naamah
naamahH5279 →
הָעַמֹּנִ֑יתthe Ammonite [woman]
haamonitH5984 →21 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
אֲבִיָּ֥םAbijam
ʾaviyamH38 →5 times
בְּנ֖וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פin place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 11:43And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 2:10
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
Reached by 2 separate 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 separate 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…
- 1 Kings 2:10
Through
1 Kings 15:24And 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.
it 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.
- Matthew 1:8
Through
1 Kings 22:50And 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.
it 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.
- 2 Chronicles 21:1
Through
Matthew 1:7Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
it 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.
- 2 Chronicles 14:1–15
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PersonDivided kingdomRehoboamSolomon's son whose refusal of the elders' counsel at Shechem — answering the people with scorpions — tore ten tribes from the hou…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Kings and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.