1 Raja-raja 15:6

15:6 Rehoboam ¹  and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah’s ²  lifetime.

1 Raja-raja 15:2

15:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ³  His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. ⁴ 

1 Tawarikh 19:2

19:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ⁵  to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal ⁶  to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. ⁷  When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy, ⁸ 

¹ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Rehoboam”; a few Hebrew mss and the Syriac read “Abijam” (a variant of Abijah).

² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Abijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

⁴ sn Abishalom (also in v. 10) is a variant of the name Absalom (cf. 2 Chr 11:20). The more common form is used by TEV, NLT.

⁵ tn Heb “do loyalty.”

⁶ tn Heb “did loyalty.”

⁷ tn Heb “to console him concerning his father.”

⁸ tn Heb “and the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.”