King James Version
1 Kings 15:6 in the King James Version says “And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.”
1 Kings 15:6 · KJV
Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: lamp: or, candle
Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, 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 Abijam and Jeroboam.
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa 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 the 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
“of his life”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
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