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1 Kings 15:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" 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. "
1 Kings 15:7
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5 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.
6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
7 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.
8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
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1 Kings 15:1
"Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah."
1 Kings 15:2
"Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."
1 Kings 15:3
"And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father."
1 Kings 15:4
"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:"
1 Kings 15:5
"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."
1 Kings 15:6
"And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life."
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