King James Version
1 Kings 14:30 in the King James Version says “And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.”
1 Kings 14:30 · KJV
And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
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“And there was war”
H4421a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all their days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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