1 Kings 12:24

12:24 ‘The Lord says this: “Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen.”’” ¹  They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do. ² 

1 Kings 15:6-7

15:6 Rehoboam ³  and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s ⁴  lifetime. 15:7 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ⁵  Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other.

1 Kings 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ⁶  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ⁷ 

1 Kings 12:15

12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events ⁸  so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made ⁹  through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

¹ tn Heb “for this thing is from me.”

² tn Heb “and they heard the word of the Lord and returned to go according to the word of the Lord.”

³ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Rehoboam”; a few Hebrew mss and the Syriac read “Abijam” (a variant of Abijah).

⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Abijah, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

⁸ tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the Lord.”

⁹ tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the Lord spoke.”