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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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there was war: Instead of Rehoboam fourteen manuscripts, the Arabic, and some copies of the Targum, read Abijam. The Syriac has "Abia, the son of Rehoboam;" and the Editio Princeps of the Vulgate has Abia. This is doubtless the true reading, as otherwise it would be an unnecessary repetition of Kg1 14:30, and a repetition which interrupts the history of Abijah. (See note on Ch2 13:3, etc.) Kg1 14:30 3 Kings (1 Kings) 15:7
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