2 Chronicles 13:20-22

Death of Jeroboam

20 Jeroboam did not again recover strength in the days of Abijah; and the ¹LORD struck him and ²he died.

21 But Abijah became powerful; and took fourteen * wives to himself, and became the father of twenty-two * sons and sixteen * daughters.

22 Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his words are written in ³the treatise of ⁴the prophet Iddo.

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2 Chronicles 13:20-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 13

This chapter begins with the reign of Abijah, 2Ch 13:1,2, gives an account of a battle between him and Jeroboam, previous to which Abijah made a speech to Jeroboam and his army, to vindicate his own cause, encourage his own soldiers, and intimidate the enemy, and dissuade them from fighting, 2Ch 13:3-12 and in the mean while Jeroboam laid an ambush for him, which greatly distressed him, 2Ch 13:13,14, nevertheless he obtained a complete victory over him, 2Ch 13:15-20, and the chapter is concluded with some account of his family and reign, 2Ch 13:21,22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 4

1. 1 Samuel 25:38
2. 1 Kings 14:20
3. 2 Chronicles 24:27
4. 2 Chronicles 9:29

Footnotes 1

[a]. Heb "midrash"