1 Raja-raja 15:6

15:6 Rehoboam ¹  and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s ²  lifetime.

1 Raja-raja 15:1

Abijah’s Reign over Judah

15:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah ³  became king over Judah.

1 Raja-raja 12:21

12:21 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin ⁴  to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

¹ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Rehoboam”; a few Hebrew mss and the Syriac read “Abijam” (a variant of Abijah).

² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tc The Old Greek also has the phrase “the son of Rehoboam.”

⁴ tn Heb “he summoned all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, accomplished in war.”