1 Kings 14:31
Good News Translation
Rehoboam died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City and his son Abijah succeeded him as king.

New Revised Standard Version
Rehoboam slept with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. His son Abijam succeeded him.

Contemporary English Version
Rehoboam's mother Naamah was from Ammon, but when Rehoboam died, he was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem. His son Abijam then became king.

New American Bible
Rehoboam rested with his ancestors; he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. His son Abijam succeeded him as king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with them, in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naama, an Ammonitess: and Abiam, his son, reigned in his stead.

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And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with them, in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naama, an Ammonitess: and Abiam, his son, reigned in his stead.

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3046 B.C.

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Rehoboam

1 Kings 14:20 And the days that Jeroboam reigned, were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers: and Nadab, his son, reigned in his stead.

1 Kings 11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David, his father; and Roboam, his son, reigned in his stead.

1 Kings 15:3,24 And 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 was the heart of David, his father. . . .

1 Kings 22:50 And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David, his father: and Joram, his son, reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 12:16 And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And Abia his son reigned in his stead.

his mother's

1 Kings 14:21 And Roboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Juda: Roboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naama, an Ammonitess.

Abijam Dr.

1 Kings 13:20,21 And as they sat at table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back: . . .

) it is {Abihahu}; but in {eleven} others it is {Abijah or Abiah}, as it is expressed by Matthew (ch

1 Kings 1:7 And he conferred with Joab, the son of Sarvia, and with Abiathar, the priest, who furthered Adonias's side.

) Abia, and this is the reading of thirteen of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and of thirteen respectable editions of the Hebrew Bible. The Syriac is the same. The Septuagint in the London Polyglot has (), Abihu; but in the Complutensian and Antwerp Polyglots it has (), Abiah; and the Editio Princeps of the Vulgate, some MSS. and the text in these two Polyglots, instead of Abiam, have Abia.

1 Chronicles 3:10 And Solomon's son was Roboam: whose son Abia begot Asa. And his son was Josaphat,

Abia

2 Chronicles 12:16 And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And Abia his son reigned in his stead.

Abijah

Matthew 1:7 And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot Asa.

Abia

Context
Shishak Raids Jerusalem
30And there was war between Roboam and Jeroboam always. 31And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with them, in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naama, an Ammonitess: and Abiam, his son, reigned in his stead.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:3
The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:

1 Kings 14:21
And Roboam, the son of Solomon, reigned in Juda: Roboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naama, an Ammonitess.

1 Kings 14:30
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