1 Kings 14 · Verse 20

1 Kings 14:20

And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 14:20, King James Version

1 Kings 14:20 in other translations

BSBAnd the length of Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son Nadab reigned in his place.
WEBThe days which Jeroboam reigned were twenty two years; then he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
ASVAnd the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
YLTAnd the days that Jeroboam reigned are twenty and two years, and he lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Nadab his son in his stead.
DARBYAnd the days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers. And Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
BBEAnd Jeroboam was king for twenty-two years, and was put to rest with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.
WebsterAnd the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

What does 1 Kings 14:20 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 14:7-20

Whether we keep an account of God's mercies to us or not, he does; and he will set them in order before us, if we are ungrateful, to our greater confusion. Ahijah foretells the speedy death of the child then sick, in mercy to him. He only in the house of Jeroboam had affection for the true worship of God, and disliked the worship of the calves. To show the power and sovereignty of his grace, God saves some out of…

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1 Kings 14:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהַיָּמִים֙ve.hai.ya.Mimand the daysH3117
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
מָלַ֣ךְma.Lakhhe reignedH4427
יָרָבְעָ֔םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.Rim[were] twentyH6242
וּשְׁתַּ֖יִםu.she.Ta.yimand twoH8147
שָׁנָ֑הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙vai.yish.Kavand he lay downH7901
עִם\־'im-withH5973
אֲבֹתָ֔יו'a.vo.Tavancestors hisH1
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he became kingH4427
נָדָ֥בna.DavNadabH5070
בְּנ֖וֹbe.Noson hisH1121
תַּחְתָּֽיו\׃\ \פtach.Tavin place of himH8478

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Cross references for 1 Kings 14:20

  • Job 14:12

    So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

  • Psalms 3:5

    I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.

  • 1 Kings 11:43

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

  • 1 Kings 2:10

    So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

  • 1 Kings 15:25-31

    And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. …

  • Psalms 4:8

    I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

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slept. Heb. lay down.
2:10; 11:43; Job 14:12; Ps 3:5; 4:8
Nadab.
15:25-31

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Context

  • 1 Kings 14:19

    And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

  • 1 Kings 14:20

    And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

  • 1 Kings 14:21

    And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

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1 Kings 14:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El tiempo que reinó Jeroboam fueron veintidós años; y habiendo dormido con sus padres, reinó en su lugar Nadab su hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les jours que Jéroboam régna furent 22 ans. Et il s’endormit avec ses pères, et Nadab, son fils, régna à sa place.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Tage, die Jerobeam regierte, waren 22 Jahre; und er legte sich zu seinen Vätern. Und Nadab, sein Sohn, ward König an seiner Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dies autem quibus regnavit Jeroboam, viginti duo anni sunt: et dormivit cum patribus suis, regnavitque Nadab filius ejus pro eo.