KJV King James Version
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all [their] days.
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1 Kings 14:30
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all [their] days.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
WEB World English Bible
There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
ASV American Standard Version
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And war hath been between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days;
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 14
27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed [them] unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.
28 And it was [so], when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
29 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?
30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all [their] days.
31 And 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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1 Kings 12:21And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.1 Kings 12:24Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.2 Chronicles 12:15Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, [are] they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And [there were] wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.1 Kings 15:6-7And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
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