2 Chronicles 12:16 BSB

2 Chronicles 12:16

And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Israel 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.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב	vai.yish.Kav	and he lay down	H7901 →
רְחַבְעָם֙	re.chav.'Am	Rehoboam	H7346 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
אֲבֹתָ֔יו	'a.vo.Tav	ancestors his	H1 →
וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר	vai.yi.ka.Ver	and he was buried	H6912 →
בְּעִ֣יר	be.'Ir	in [the] city of	H5892 →
דָּוִ֑יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ	vai.yim.Lokh	and he became king	H4427 →
אֲבִיָּ֥ה	'a.vi.Yah	Abijah	H29 →
בְנ֖וֹ	ve.No	son his	H1121 →
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פ	tach.Tav	in place of him	H8478 →

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The walk

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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 Chronicles 3:10
Solomon’s son was Rehoboam:
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 independent 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.
Through
2 Chronicles 11:20
After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
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,
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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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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06About 2 Chronicles

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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