1 Kings 15:7

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The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    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.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Now the rest of the matters of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Judah? And war was between Abijam and between Jeroboam.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    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.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And 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.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And 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.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    The rest also of the actes of Abiiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Iudah? there was also warre betweene Abiiam, and Ieroboam.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And the rest of the words of Abiam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda? And there was war between Abiam and Jeroboam.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And the rest of the matters of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And war hath been between Abijam and Jeroboam;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the rest of the matters of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there has been war between Abijam and Jeroboam;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    As for the other matters of Abijah, all that he did, are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Now the rest of the matters of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Judah? And war was between Abijam and between Jeroboam.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And 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.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    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.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    The rest of what happened in Abijam's reign and everything that he did are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. Abijam and Jeroboam were always at war with each other.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And 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.

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אֲבִיָּם֙
ʼĂbîyâm
H38
“Abijam”
Noun, Proper
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Proper
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H1 and H3220

TWOT: None

Abijam = "my father is the sea" or " Yah(u) is (my) father" - king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam
  1. וְיֶ֨תֶר yether H3499 “and · remainder of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  2. דִּבְרֵ֤י dâbâr H1697 “words of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  3. וְכָל kôl H3605 “and · all of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  4. אֲשֶׁ֣ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  5. עָשָׂ֔ה ʻâsâh H6213 “to do” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  6. הֲלֽוֹא lôʼ H3808 “not” Particle, Interrogative + Particle, Negative
  7. הֵ֣ם hêm H1992 “they” Pronoun, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  8. כְּתוּבִ֗ים kâthab H3789 “written” Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  9. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  10. סֵ֛פֶר çêpher H5612 “book of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  11. דִּבְרֵ֥י dâbâr H1697 “words of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  12. הַיָּמִ֖ים yôwm H3117 “the · days” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  13. לְמַלְכֵ֣י melek H4428 “to/for · kings of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct
  14. יְהוּדָ֑ה Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 “Judah” Noun, Proper
  15. וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה milchâmâh H4421 “and · battle” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  16. הָיְתָ֛ה hâyâh H1961 “to be” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
  17. בֵּ֥ין bêyn H996 “between” Preposition
  18. אֲבִיָּ֖ם ʼĂbîyâm H38 “Abijam” Noun, Proper
  19. וּבֵ֥ין bêyn H996 “and · between” Conjunction + Preposition
  20. יָרָבְעָֽם Yârobʻâm H3379 “Jeroboam” Noun, Proper

About this verse

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21
words
18
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is אֲבִיָּם֙ Abijam H38 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

אֲבִיָּם֙ Abijam H38 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 12 nouns
  • 1 pronoun
  • 3 prepositions
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • עָשָׂ֔ה Qal · Perfect
  • כְּתוּבִ֗ים Qal · Participle Passive
  • הָיְתָ֛ה Qal · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • דִּבְרֵ֤י word H1697 ×2
  • אֲבִיָּם֙ Abijam H38 ×2
  • בֵּ֥ין between H996 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 33 words from the Hebrew and 37 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 21 Hebrew tokens and 32 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 1 Kings 15:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:2–22 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
  • 1 Kings 14:29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

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Hebrew 1 Kings 15:7 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְיֶ֨תֶר דִּבְרֵ֤י אֲבִיָּם֙ וְכָל אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה הֲלֽוֹא הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וּמִלְחָמָ֥ה הָיְתָ֛ה בֵּ֥ין אֲבִיָּ֖ם וּבֵ֥ין יָרָבְעָֽם

The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 1 Kings 15:7 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ὁ λοιπός ὁ λόγος αβιου καί πᾶς ὅς ποιέω οὐ ἰδού οὗτος γράφω ἐπί βιβλίον λόγος ὁ ἡμέρα ὁ βασιλεύς ιουδα καί πόλεμος εἰμί ἀνά μέσος αβιου καί ἀνά μέσος ιεροβοαμ

And the rest of the history of Abiu, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? And there was war between Abiu and Jeroboam.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
    וּשְׁאָר פִּתְגָמֵי אֲבִיָם וְכָל דַעֲבַד הֲלָא אִינוּן כְּתִיבִין עַל סְפַר פִּתְגָמֵי יוֹמַיָא לְמַלְכֵי דְבֵית יְהוּדָה וּקְרָבָא הֲוַת בֵּין אֲבִיָם וּבֵין יָרָבְעָם:

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    Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on 1 Kings 15:7 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

1Ki 15:7 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.

Ver. 7. And there was war.] Sharp wars, {2Ch 13:3} by a just hand of God upon both those kingdoms for their idolatry. And for like cause the dissensions between England and Scotland consumed more Christian blood, wrought more spoil and destruction, and continued longer than ever quarrel we read of did between any two people of the world.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

15:7 rest of the events: Among other details of Abijam’s reign, the Chronicler tells us that he married fourteen wives and had thirty-eight children (2 Chr 13:21).

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

7. Now [R.V. And] the rest of the acts of Abijam] Consisting no doubt principally of the great victory over Jeroboam near mount Zemaraim (2Ch_13:17) which inflicted so much disaster and loss upon the northern kingdom, that Jeroboam did not recover strength again during Abijam’s reign. The source from which the Chronicler drew his additional information about Abijam is called ‘the commentary of the prophet Iddo.’ (2Ch_13:22.)

war between Abijam and Jeroboam] Josephus (Ant. viii. 11. 2) says Jeroboam despised Abijam because of his youth.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. How this is to be accounted for See Gill on Kg1 15:2.

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1 Kings 15:10

kg1 15:10

kg1 15:10

kg1 15:10And forty one years reigned he in Jerusalem,.... Being a good king, had the blessing of a long reign, and reached, and even exceeded, the years of the reigns of David and Solomon:

and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom; that is the name of his grandmother, see Kg1 15:2 she is called his mother, not because she brought him forth, but because she brought him up; and this is observed to his commendation, that though he was educated by an idolatrous woman, yet was not corrupted by her as his father was.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

The chronicles of the kings of Judah; in their annals; whence they were long after this time translated into the sacred Book of Chronicles. See Poole "1Ki 14:19".

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

7. The rest of the acts of Abijam — We have, in 2 Chronicles 13, a detailed account of his successful war with Jeroboam. There, too, we learn that the prophet Iddo chronicled his acts, and his book contained, perhaps, things not recorded in the public annuals.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Now the rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles see note on 1Ki_14:29. The marginal reference to 2Ch 13. misleads the casualreader of the kings of Judah? And there was war not only hostility, but open war (Vulgate, praelium), hence the repetition between Abijam and Jeroboam.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?

This question is used to either inform or remind the readers that the information about Abijah is in this other book. See how you translated this in 1 Kings 14:29. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "they are written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah." (See: Rhetorical Question)

are they not written in the book of the events of the kings of Judah?

This can stated in active form. AT: "someone has written about this in the book of the events of the kings of Judah." (See: Active or Passive)

between Abijah and Jeroboam

The names "Abijah" and "Jeroboam" represent the kings and their armies. AT: "between the armies of Abijah and Jeroboam" (See: Synecdoche)

Abijah slept with his ancestors

In this euphemism, sleeping represents dying. AT: "Abijah died as his ancestors had" or "Like his ancestors, Abaijah died" (See: Metaphor and Euphemism)

became king in his place

The phrase "in his place" is a metaphor meaning "instead of him." AT: "became king instead of Abijah" (See: Metaphor)

translationWords

written

asleep

bury

city of David

Asa

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1 Kings, in the Historical, opens this verse with 21 words (18 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is ʼĂbîyâm (“Abijam”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “Abijam” (ʼĂbîyâm) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. 1 Kings 14:31 shares the word «Abijam» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “word” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  5. The verb «עָשָׂ֔ה» is Qal Perfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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