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I Kings 14:31

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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.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 31

The kingdom being divided into that of Judah and that of Israel, we must henceforward, in these books of Kings, expect and attend their separate history, the succession of their kings, and the affairs of their kingdoms, accounted for distinctly. In this chapter we have, I. The prophecy of the destruction of Jeroboam's house (Kg1 14:7-16). The sickness of his child was the occasion of it (Kg1 14:1-6), and the death of his child the earnest of it (Kg1 14:17, Kg1 14:18), together with the conclusion of his reign (Kg1 14:19, Kg1 14:20). II. The history of the declension and diminution of Rehoboam's house and kingdom (Kg1 14:21-28) and the conclusion of his reign (Kg1 14:29-31). In both we may read the mischievous consequences of sin and the calamities it brings on kingdoms and families.

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Strong's Concordancev. 31

רְחַבְעָם (Rᵉchabʻâm, H7346) — Rechabam, an Israelite king שָׁכַב (shâkab, H7901) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) אָב (ʼâb, H1) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application קָבַר (qâbar, H6912) — to inter עִיר (ʻîyr, H5892) — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere… דָּוִד (Dâvid, H1732) — David, the youngest son of Jesse אֵם (ʼêm, H517) — a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively… שֵׁם (shêm, H8034) — an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority,… נַעֲמָה (Naʻămâh, H5279) — Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine עַמּוֹנִית (ʻAmmôwnîyth, H5985) — an Ammonitess אֲבִיָּם (ʼĂbîyâm, H38) — Abijam (or Abijah), a king of Judah בֵּן (bên, H1121) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative… מָלַךְ (mâlak, H4427) — to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence…

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And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.

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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.

I Kings 11:43rank 2

And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

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