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Rehoboam’s Reign and Death

2 Chronicles 12:16

In 11 translations

BSB
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.Abijah is a variant of Abijam; see 1 Kings 14:31.
KJV
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.Abijah: also called, Abijam
WEB
Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
ASV
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
LSV
and Rehoboam lies with his fathers, and is buried in the City of David, and his son Abijah reigns in his stead.
YLT
and Rehoboam lieth with his fathers, and is buried in the city of David, and reign doth Abijah his son in his stead.
DBY
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
DRC
And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And Abia his son reigned in his stead.
GNV
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the citie of Dauid, and Abiiah his sonne reigned in his stead.
JPS
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
LXXE
And Roboam made war with Jeroboam all his days. And Roboam died with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abia his son reigned in his stead.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב רְחַבְעָם֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֲבִיָּ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἀπέθανε Ῥοβοὰμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν πόλει Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀβιὰ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ.

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  • 1 Chronicles 3:10Solomon’s son was Rehoboam: Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
  • 2 Chronicles 13:1In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,
  • 1 Kings 14:29–31As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days. And…
  • Matthew 1:7Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
  • 2 Chronicles 11:20After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

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