2 Chronicles 12:16

Rehoboam slept with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David; Abijah his son became king in his place.

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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

15As for the other matters concerning Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the writings of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, which also have records of genealogies and the constant wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam?

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 3:10Solomon's son was Rehoboam. Rehoboam's son was Abijah. Abijah's son was Asa. Asa's son was Jehoshaphat.

2 Chronicles 13:1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.

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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