1Ki 15:6 | TSK | e4.org | 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 , and a repetition which interrupts the history of Abijah. (See note on , etc.)

‏ 1 Kings 15:6

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 1Kgs 14:30, and a repetition which interrupts the history of Abijah. (See note on 2Chr 13:3, etc.) 1Kgs 14:30