1 Kings 14:30

30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam as long as they lived.

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 went into the LORD's temple, guards carried the shields and then returned them to the guardroom.

29 Isn't everything else concerning Rehoboam--everything he did--written in the official records of the kings of Judah?

30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam as long as they lived.

31 Rehoboam lay down in death with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. (His mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.) His son Abijam succeeded him as king.