And Rehoboam
Rchab`am (rekh-ab-awm')
a people has enlarged; Rechabam, an Israelite king -- Rehoboam.
slept
shakab (shaw-kab')
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
with his fathers
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
and was buried
qabar (kaw-bar')
to inter -- in any wise, bury(-ier).
in the city
`iyr (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
of David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
and Abijah
'Abiyah (ab-ee-yaw')
father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses -- Abiah, Abijah.
his son
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
reigned
malak (maw-lak')
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
in his stead
