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1 Kings 14:20

1 Kings 14:20
And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah,.... Over the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, when Jeroboam reigned over the other ten:

Rehoboam was forty one years old when he began to reign;…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Kings 14:7-20

When those that set up idols, and keep them up, go to enquire of the Lord, he determines to answer them, not according to the pretensions of their enquiry, but according to the multitude of their…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

two and twenty years So that Jeroboam's death occurred in the second year of the reign of Asa, king of Judah. Cf. 1Ki 15:9; 1Ki 15:25. It appears from 2Ch 13:20 to have been by some sudden visitation.…

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