1 Kings 14:30

30 There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

1 Kings 14:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:30

And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their
days.
] For though Rehoboam did not enter into an offensive war, and attack the children of Israel, being dissuaded from it by Shemaiah the prophet in the name of the Lord, yet he might maintain a defensive war; and though there were no pitched battles between them as afterwards, in his son's time, yet there might be skirmishes and bickerings on the borders of their countries.

1 Kings 14:30 In-Context

28 Whenever the king entered the LORD's temple, the guards would carry the shields and then return them to the guardroom.
29 The rest of Rehoboam's deeds and all that he accomplished, aren't they written in the official records of Judah's kings?
30 There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
31 When Rehoboam died, he was buried with his ancestors in David's City. His mother's name was Naamah from Ammon. His son Abijam succeeded him as king.
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