King James Version
1 Kings 15:8 in the King James Version says “And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.”
1 Kings 15:8 · King James Version
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.
And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. mother's: that is, grandmother's
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“slept”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“with his fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“him in the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“his son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
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