Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
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Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
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And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
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And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
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- 1 Kings 14:29-31 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
- 1 Chronicles 3:10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
- 2 Chronicles 11:20 After her, he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 2 Chronicles 13:1 In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
- Matthew 1:7 Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, Abijam.
Or, Abijam.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and…
2Ch 12:16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
Ver. 16. And was buried in the city of David.] Burial of the dead is neither to be altogether slighted, as it was by the Cynics, nor to be performed with too much pomp and cost. Of Charles IX, king of France, what excessive honour was done him after his death, see the note on 2Ch 16:14. Cyrus, that great king of Persia, charged his sons and friends upon his deathbed, not to wrap his body in gold or silver, but without any sumptuous ceremonies to lay him in his grave, and to cover him with earth: {a} which, saith Cicero, {b} was antiquissimum genus sepulturae, the most ancient kind of burying the dead.
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{a} Xenoph., Cyrop., lib. viii.
{b} ii. De Legib.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. Abijah his son] Concerning the many varieties…
Verse 16. Abijah his son] Concerning the many varieties in this king's name, 1Kg 14:31.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) And Rehoboam slept with his fathers.—Abridged from 1Ki_14:31,…
(16) And Rehoboam slept with his fathers.—Abridged from 1Ki_14:31, which see.
Abijah.—2Ch_11:22. Abijam, the spelling of Kings, is probably due to an accident of transcription.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain In the city of David; i.e on Mount Zion,…
In the city of David; i.e on Mount Zion, an eminence on the northern part of Mount Moriah. Here was the bury-lug-place of the kings, chambers with recesses for the successive kings. To this place of royal sepulture some of the kings were not permitted to be brought. (2Ch_21:20 2Ch_24:25 2Ch_28:27; 2Ki_15:7) The chief cemetery of the city was on the slopes of the valley of the Kidron (1Ki_15:13 2Ki_23:6; 2Ch_29:5, 2Ch_29:16) another, probably, was south of the city on the sides of the ravine of Hinnom. (Jer_7:32) In the king"s sepulchres eleven out of Judah"s twenty-two kings were laid David, Solomon, Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Ahaziah, Amaziah, Jotham, Hezekiah, Josiah. For Asa (2Ch_16:14) and Hezekiah (2Ch_32:33) places of special honour were found. The good priest Jehoiada also had burial in the king"s burial-place. (2Ch_24:16) Kings Jehoram (2Ch_21:20) and Joash (2Ch_24:25) were buried in the "city of David," but not in the above sepulchres Uzziah, because a leper, was buried in the "field of the burial of the kings". (2Ch_26:23) It is all but certain that these royal sepulchres were in the enclosure now called the "Haram area." (For other interesting and important references, see (Neh_3:16; Eze_43:7, Eze_43:9; 2Ki_21:18, 2Ki_21:26; 2Ch_33:20 2Ch_28:27) While Rehoboam was laid thus to sleep with his fathers, Jeroboam"s reign had yet four years to run.
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