2 Chronicles 13:1

Abijah King of Judah

1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah,

2 Chronicles 13:1 in Other Translations

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.

1 Abijah began to rule over Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign in Israel.

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

1 In the eighteenth year of [Israel's] King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over 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 reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah,

2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah, a daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 Abijah went into battle with an army of four hundred thousand able fighting men, and Jeroboam drew up a battle line against him with eight hundred thousand able troops.

4 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me!

5 Don’t you know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?