KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Kings 14:31
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
ASV American Standard Version
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Rehoboam lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers, in the city of David, and the name of his mother is Naamah the Ammonitess, and reign doth Abijam his son in his stead.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 14
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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וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨בH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downרְחַבְעָ֜םH7346 · re.chav.amRehoboamעִם־H5973 · imwithאֲבֹתָ֗יוH1 · avfatherוַיִּקָּבֵ֤רH6912 · qa.varto buryעִם־H5973 · imwithאֲבֹתָיו֙H1 · avfatherבְּעִ֣ירH5892 · irexcitementדָּוִ֔דH1732 · da.vidDavidוְשֵׁ֣םH8034 · shemnameאִמּ֔וֹH517 · emmotherנַעֲמָ֖הH5279 · na.a.mahNaamahהָעַמֹּנִ֑יתH5984 · am.mo.niMeuniteוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignאֲבִיָּ֥םH38 · a.viy.yamAbijamבְּנ֖וֹH1121 · benson: childתַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: under
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 12:16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.Matthew 1:7And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;1 Kings 15:3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.1 Kings 22:50And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.1 Kings 15:24And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.1 Kings 11:43And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.1 Chronicles 3:10And Solomon’s son [was] Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,1 Kings 14:20-21And the days which Jeroboam reigned [were] two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
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