KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Kings 15:7–9
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1 Kings 15:7
7Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
7Now the rest of the actes of Abiiam, and all that hee did, are they not written in the *booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah? And there was warre betweene Abiiam and Ieroboam.
- 2.Chron. 13.3.
1 Kings 15:8
8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
8And Abiiam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the citie of Dauid: and Asa his sonne reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 15:9
9¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
9¶ And *in the twentieth yeere of Ieroboam king of Israel, reigned Asa ouer Iudah.
- 2.Chron. 14.1.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Kings 15:7
Repose, relief, or cessation from labour; also what remains.
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Deeds, actions, or things done.
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Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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To write: to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing.
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Armed conflict; as a verb, to fight or contend.
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In the space, relation, or distinction separating two or more.
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1 Kings 15:8
Rested in sleep; or by figure lay in death.
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To reign: to rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority.
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Place or position; in the stead of means in the place of.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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1 Kings 15:9
A period of twelve months; a stated annual period.
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A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
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To reign: to rule as a king or exercise sovereign authority.
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
4¶ And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5Ought ye not to know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
6Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
7And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
8And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
9Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
10But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
11And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.
12And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
13¶ But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
14And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the Lord God of their fathers.
19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
20Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the Lord struck him, and he died.
21¶ But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
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Open the full verse study29¶ Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
From verse 8
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Open the full verse study1SO 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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Open the full verse study31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
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Open the full verse study9These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
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Open the full verse study1AT that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
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Open the full verse study7And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
8And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
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