1 Kings 14:30

30 There was always war 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 came [to] the house of Yahweh, the royal guard carried them and brought them back to the alcove room of the royal guard.

29 The remainder of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?

30 There was always war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.

31 Then Rehoboam slept with his ancestors, and he was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. The name of his mother [was] Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son became king in his place.