1 Kings 14:30

30 There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

1 Kings 14:30 in Other Translations

30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

30 There was constant war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam the whole time.

30 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their reigns.

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 to the LORD’s temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.

29 As for the other events of Rehoboam’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

30 There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

31 And Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Samuel 3:1; S 1 Kings 12:21; 1 Kings 15:6