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.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

In Context

15Now the acts of Roboam first and last are written in the books of Semeias the prophet, and of Addo the seer, and diligently recorded: and there was war between Roboam and Jeroboam all their days.

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Cross References

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

2 Chronicles 13:1In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, Abia reigned over Juda.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 12:14-16

Jeroboam Defeated by Abijah. ( b. c. 965.) 13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord . 15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of… Read the whole commentary →

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