2 Chronicles 13:1

Abijah Reigns in Judah

1 In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah ^[a] became king of Judah, ¹

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 Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,

2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.

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

5 Do you not 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 ?

Cross References

• 1. (1 Kings 15:1–8)

Footnotes

• [a] Abijah is a variant of Abijam; see 1 Kings 14:31.