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1 Kings 15:6-8
New English Translation
1 Kings 15:6-8
New English Translation
6 Rehoboam[a] and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s[b] lifetime. 7 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.[c] Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other. 8 Abijah passed away[d] and was buried[e] in the City of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.
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- 1 Kings 15:6 tc Most Hebrew mss read “Rehoboam”; a few Hebrew mss and the Syriac read “Abijam” (a variant of Abijah).
- 1 Kings 15:6 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 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?”
- 1 Kings 15:8 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” The Old Greek also has these words: “in the twenty-eighth year of Jeroboam.”
- 1 Kings 15:8 tn Heb “and they buried him.”
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