2 Chronicles 13:1

1 In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Jeroboam, Abijah took over the throne of Judah.

2 Chronicles 13:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 13:1

Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam began Abijah to
reign over Judah.] (See Gill on 1 Kings 15:1).

2 Chronicles 13:1 In-Context

1 In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Jeroboam, Abijah took over the throne of Judah.

2 He ruled in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.

3 Abijah started out with 400,000 of his best soldiers; Jeroboam countered with 800,000 of his best.

4 Abijah took a prominent position on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and gave this speech: "Listen, Jeroboam and all Israel!

5 Don't you realize that God, the one and only God of Israel, established David and his sons as the permanent rulers of Israel, ratified by a 'covenant of salt' - God's kingdom ruled by God's king?