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1 Kings 14:20

What does 1 Kings 14:20 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 14:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Jeroboam was king for twenty-two years, and was put to rest with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the days that Jeroboam reigned <FI>are<Fi> twenty and two years, and he lieth with his fathers, and reign doth Nadab his son in his stead.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the days that Jeroboam reigned, were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers: and Nadab, his son, reigned in his stead.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the days that Jeroboam reigned were twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers. And Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

Context

v.19And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

v.20This passage

v.21And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 11:43

    And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

  • Psalms 3:5

    I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.

  • Psalms 4:8

    In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

  • 1 Kings 2:10

    And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

  • 1 Kings 15:25

    And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

  • Job 14:12

    So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

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