And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
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Interpretation
During the single reign of Asa in Judah, the government of Israel was in six or seven different hands. Notice the ruin of the family of Jeroboam; no word of God shall fall to the ground.
Glossary
- Jeroboam Person
- Increase of the people. (1. ) The son of Nebat ( 1 Kings 11:26-39 ), “an Ephrathite,” the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B. C. 976-945).
- Asa Person
- Physician, son of Abijah and grandson of Rehoboam, was the third king of Judah.