2 Chronicles 13:1

Abijah and Civil War

1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah reigned 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 King Jeroboam, Abijah reigned over Judah.

2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother [was] Micaiah the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and between Jeroboam.

3 And Abijah joined in the battle with an army of four hundred thousand {battle-hardened warriors}, chosen men, and Jeroboam put the battle in order against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, an army of mighty warriors.

4 Then Abijah stood up on top of Mount Zemaraim that [is] in the hill country of Ephraim and said, "Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!

5 Do you not all know that Yahweh the God of Israel gave the kingdom to David over Israel forever, to him and to his sons [by] a covenant of salt?