DID YOU KNOW?

When 1 Kings finishes its account of King Rehoboam of Judah, where does it send readers for the rest of his deeds?

The answer

To the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 1 Kings 14:29 asks, "Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Judah?"

Why it’s interesting

This is the standard line Kings uses to close each king's reign. Kings of the north get a matching book, the Annals of the Kings of Israel (1 Kings 14:19).

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