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An Inherited Conflict
Commentators explain that this verse repeats an earlier statement (1 Kings 14:30) to emphasize that the war between Judah and Israel was a continuous, generational conflict. Abijam did not start this war; he inherited it from his father, Rehoboam, highlighting the lasting consequences of the kingdom's division.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 15:6
18th Century
Theologian
The writer repeats what he had said in 1 Kings 14:30 to remind the reader that Abijam inherited this war from his father.
The de…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 15:6
19th Century
Bishop
And there was war. —In this verse (omitted in the Vatican manuscript of the Septuagint) the repetition of the notice of R…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 15:6
17th Century
Pastor
And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of
his life .
] Not the d…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 15:1–8
17th Century
Minister
Abijam's heart was not perfect with the Lord his God; he lacked sincerity; he began well, but he fell away and walked in all the sins of his father…