2 Chronicles 14:1 BSB

2 Chronicles 14:1

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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ASV

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

KJV

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

So Abijah slept with his fathers, 1Ki 15:8. and Asa his son reigned in his stead; in his days the land was quiet ten years; the Targum is, the land of Israel; but much better the Septuagint, the land of Judah; these ten years, in which it had rest from war, were the first three years of Asa's reign, and the first seven of Baasha's, according to Jarchi, and which seems right; after which there was war between them all their days, see 1Ki 15:32.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Asa his son reigned - If Rehoboam was (1Ki 12:8 note) not more than 21 years old at his accession, Asa, when he mounted the throne, must have been a mere boy, not more than 10 or 11 years of age. The land was quiet ten years - The great blow struck by Abijah 2Ch 13:15-19, his alliance with Syria 1Ki 15:19, and the rapid succession of sovereigns in Israel during the earlier part of Asa’s reign 1Ki 15:25-33, would naturally prevent disturbance on the part of the northern kingdom.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב	vai.yish.Kav	and he lay down	H7901 →
אֲבִיָּ֜ה	'a.vi.Yah	Abijah	H29 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
אֲבֹתָ֗יו	'a.vo.Tav	ancestors his	H1 →
וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ	vai.yik.be.Ru	and people buried	H6912 →
אֹתוֹ֙	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
בְּעִ֣יר	be.'Ir	in [the] city of	H5892 →
דָּוִ֔יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ	vai.yim.Lokh	and he became king	H4427 →
אָסָ֥א	'a.Sa'	Asa	H609 →
בְנ֖וֹ	ve.No	son his	H1121 →
תַּחְתָּ֑יו	tach.Tav	in place of him	H8478 →
בְּיָמָ֛יו	be.ya.Mav	in days his	H3117 →
שָׁקְטָ֥ה	sha.ke.Tah	it was at peace	H8252 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
עֶ֥שֶׂר	'E.ser	ten	H6235 →
שָׁנִֽים׃ פ	sha.Nim	years	H8141 →

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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 2:10
Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 1 Kings 1:21
  Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 2:29
  Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Acts 13:36
  For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28
  He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
Through
1 Chronicles 3:10
Solomon’s son was Rehoboam:
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Chronicles 9:31
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:10
  Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
Through
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.
leads to
- 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.

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PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.

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