And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
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there was war. Instead of {Rehoboam} fourteen MSS., 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 ch