1 Kings 14 · Verse 30

1 Kings 14:30

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
1 Kings 14:30, King James Version

1 Kings 14:30 in other translations

BSBThere was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
WEBThere was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
ASVAnd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
YLTAnd war hath been between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days;
DARBYAnd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
BBEAnd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
WebsterAnd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

What does 1 Kings 14:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
30. there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam--The former was prohibited from entering on an aggressive war; but as the two kingdoms kept up a jealous rivalry, he might be forced into vigilant measures of defense, and frequent skirmishes would take place on the borders.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 14:21-31

Here is no good said of Rehoboam, and much said to the disadvantage of his subjects. The abounding of the worst crimes, of the worst of the heathen, in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen for his temple and his worship, shows that nothing can mend the hearts of fallen men but the sanctifying grace of the Holy Spirit. On this alone may we depend; for this let us daily pray, in behalf of ourselves and all around…

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1 Kings 14:30 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.

וּמִלְחָמָ֨הu.mil.cha.Mahand warH4421
הָיְתָ֧הha.ye.Tahit wasH1961
בֵין\־vein-betweenH996
רְחַבְעָ֛םre.chav.'AmRehoboamH7346
וּבֵ֥יןu.Veinand betweenH996
יָרָבְעָ֖םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַיָּמִֽים\׃hai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 14:30

  • 1 Kings 12:21

    And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

  • 1 Kings 12:24

    Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.

  • 1 Kings 15:6-7

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:15

    Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
12:24; 15:6,7; 2Ch 12:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 14:29

    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?

  • 1 Kings 14:30

    And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

  • 1 Kings 14:31

    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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1 Kings 14:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y hubo guerra entre Roboam y Jeroboam todos los días.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il y eut guerre entre Roboam et Jéroboam, tous leurs jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es war Krieg zwischen Rehabeam und Jerobeam alle ihre Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fuitque bellum inter Roboam et Jeroboam cunctis diebus.