1 Kings 11:43

11:43 Then Solomon passed away ¹  and was buried in the city of his father David. ²  His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. ³ 

1 Kings 14:31

14:31 Rehoboam passed away ⁴  and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah ⁵  replaced him as king.

1 Kings 15:6

15:6 Rehoboam ⁶  and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s ⁷  lifetime.

Matthew 1:7

1:7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

² sn The city of his father David. The phrase refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

³ tc Before this sentence the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And it so happened that when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard – now he was in Egypt where he had fled from before Solomon and was residing in Egypt – he came straight to his city in the land of Sarira which is on mount Ephraim. And king Solomon slept with his fathers.”

⁴ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁵ tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.

⁶ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Rehoboam”; a few Hebrew mss and the Syriac read “Abijam” (a variant of Abijah).

⁷ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tc The reading ᾿Ασάφ (Asaf), a variant spelling on ᾿Ασά (Asa), is found in the earliest and most widespread witnesses (Ì^1vid א B C [D^luc] Ë^1,13 700 pc it co). Although Asaph was a psalmist and Asa was a king, it is doubtful that the author mistook one for the other since other ancient documents have variant spellings on the king’s name (such as “Asab,” “Asanos,” and “Asaph”). Thus the spelling ᾿Ασάφ that is almost surely found in the original of Matt 1:7-8 has been translated as “Asa” in keeping with the more common spelling of the king’s name.