1 Kings 11:43
Context11:43 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
Context14:31 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
Context15:6 Rehoboam 6 and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s 7 lifetime.
Matthew 1:7
Context1:7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, 8
[11:43] 1 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
[11:43] 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.
[11:43] 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.”
[14:31] 4 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
[14:31] 5 tn In the Hebrew text the name is spelled “Abijam” here and in 1 Kgs 15:1-8.
[15:6] 6 tc Most Hebrew
[15:6] 7 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[1:7] 8 tc The reading ᾿Ασάφ (Asaf), a variant spelling on ᾿Ασά (Asa), is found in the earliest and most widespread witnesses (Ì1vid א B C [Dluc] Ë1,13 700 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.