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He did this[a] because David had done what he approved[b] and had not disregarded any of his commandments[c] his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite. Rehoboam[d] and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s[e] lifetime. The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.[f] Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 15:5 tn The words “he did this” are added for stylistic reasons.
  2. 1 Kings 15:5 tn Heb “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.”
  3. 1 Kings 15:5 tn Heb “and had not turned aside from all which he commanded him.”
  4. 1 Kings 15:6 tc Most Hebrew mss read “Rehoboam”; a few Hebrew mss and the Syriac read “Abijam” (a variant of Abijah).
  5. 1 Kings 15:6 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. 1 Kings 15:7 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Abijah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”