2 Chronicles 12:16
in 2 Chronicles 12And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah 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 in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
KJV
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 12
Commentary
4 notes on this verseIsrael was very much disgraced and weakened by being divided into two kingdoms; yet the kingdom of Judah, having both the temple and the royal city, both the house of David and the house of Aaron, might have done very well if they had continued in the way of their duty; but here we have all out of order there.
This site's exposition
the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer
on 2 Chronicles 12:15-16
The chapter names its sources, “the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies”. Iddo's writing is named again at 13:22 for Abijah's reign. War between Rehoboam and Jeroboam “throughout their days” is stated without a battle described, as at 1 Kings 14:30.
This site's exposition
Rehoboam rested with his fathers
Henry observes that Judah kept both the temple and the royal city, the house of David and the house of Aaron. With those, he says, it might have done well had it kept to its duty. Abijah inherits that advantage and the war with Jeroboam.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Abijah his son - Concerning the many varieties in this king’s name, see the note on 1Ki 14:31.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
in the words of Shemaiah the prophet Every prophet would write his book, containing that which he prophesied, and this is the Shemaiah who was mentioned above (11:2,:5).
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב | vaiyishkav | and he lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| רְחַבְעָם֙ | rechavam | Rehoboam | H7346 → | 50 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֔יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר | vaiyikaver | and he was buried | H6912 → | 133 times |
| בְּעִ֣יר | beir | in [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| דָּוִ֑יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| אֲבִיָּ֥ה | ʾaviyah | Abijah | H29 → | 25 times |
| בְנ֖וֹ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤בand he lay down
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
רְחַבְעָם֙Rehoboam
rechavamH7346 →50 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֔יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
וַיִּקָּבֵ֖רand he was buried
vaiyikaverH6912 →133 times
בְּעִ֣ירin [the] city of
beirH5892 →1090 times
דָּוִ֑ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
אֲבִיָּ֥הAbijah
ʾaviyahH29 →25 times
בְנ֖וֹson his
venoH1121 →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 Chronicles 3:10Solomon’s son was Rehoboam:
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 Kings 15:8
And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 17:1
Asa’s son Jehoshaphat reigned in his place, and he strengthened himself against Israel.
- 1 Kings 14:31
Through
2 Chronicles 11:20After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 13:2
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 15:1–2
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,
- 2 Chronicles 13:2
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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
