1 Raja-raja 14:31--15:1

14:31 Rehoboam passed away ¹  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah ²  replaced him as king.

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 15:7-8

15:7 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ⁴  Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other. 15:8 Abijah passed away ⁵  and was buried ⁶  in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king.

[14:31]  ¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

[14:31]  ² tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

[15:1]  ³ tc The Old Greek also has the phrase “the son of Rehoboam.”

[15:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Abijah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[15:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.” The Old Greek also has these words: “in the twenty-eighth year of Jeroboam.”

[15:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they buried him.”