1 Kings 14:29

29 Forsooth, lo! the residue of the words of Rehoboam, and all things which he did, be written in the book of [the] words of [the] days of [the] kings of Judah.

1 Kings 14:29 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:29

Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did
In the course of his reign, that was memorable:

are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
Judah?
who had annalists or historiographers to write for them, as the kings of Israel had, ( 1 Kings 14:19 ) , in the writing of which, especially with respect to genealogies, Shemaiah the prophet, and Iddo the seer, were concerned, ( 2 Chronicles 12:15 ) .

1 Kings 14:29 In-Context

27 For which king Rehoboam made brazen shields, and gave those in(to) the hands of [the] dukes of (the) shield-makers, and of them that watched before the door of the house of the king. (And King Rehoboam replaced them with bronze shields, and gave them to the officers who guarded the door of the house of the king.)
28 And when the king entered into the house of the Lord, they that had office to go before (they who had the duty to go before him), bare those, and (then) they bare those again to the place of armour of [the] shield-makers.
29 Forsooth, lo! the residue of the words of Rehoboam, and all things which he did, be written in the book of [the] words of [the] days of [the] kings of Judah.
30 And battle was betwixt Rehoboam and Jeroboam, in all (their) days.
31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David. And the name of his mother was Naamah (the) Ammonite; and Abijam, his son, reigned for him.
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