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1 Kings 14:31 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 31. 31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Rehoboam's reign closes amid continuing war.”
Read It With
- 1 Kings 14:29–31
Read 1 Kings 14:31 with 14:29–31. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Refers readers to Judah's royal annals for Rehoboam's other acts; ends Rehoboam's reign with burial, repeats Naamah's name, and installs Abijam.
Why It Needs Context
1 Kings 14:31 depends on 14:29–31; isolating “And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Rehoboam's reign closes amid continuing war.”
Read 1 Kings 14:29–31 together
Why these verses belong together: Rehoboam's reign closes amid continuing war is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 14:29–14:31.
Verse 29. 29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Verse 30. 30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
Verse 31. 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 14:29–31 — Rehoboam's reign closes amid continuing warSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 1 Kings 14:29–31, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
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