Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:18
Judah prevailed , because - "They depended on the Word of the God of their fathers." - T. read more
歴代志下 13:13-20 Jc
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:19
Beth-el - "Beth-lehem." - Targum. Jeshanah - We know not where these towns lay. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:20
The Lord struck him , and he died - Who died? Abijah or Jeroboam? Some think it was Jeroboam; some, that it was Abijah. Both rabbins and Christians are divided on this point; nor is it yet settled. The prevailing opinion is that Jeroboam is meant, who was struck then with that disease of which he died about two years after; for he did not die till two years after Abijah: see 1 Kings 14:20 ; 1 Kings 15:9 . It seems as if Jeroboam was meant, not Abijah. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:1-20
The folly of unnatural severance, etc. The whole chapter presents to us a number of lessons, not very closely connected with one another. I. THE FOLLY OF AN UNNATURAL SEVERANCE . The first thing we read about the reign of Abijah is that there "was war between him and Jeroboam" ( 2 Chronicles 13:2 ). What else was to be expected? How, in those times, or indeed in any time, could it be otherwise? Tribes descended, as they were, from a common ancestor, speaking the same... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:1-22
A royal and manly manifesto in the rights of godly truth. The narrative of Abijah's short reign of three years is distinguished by one clear account, at any rate, of the wars that had arisen and were prevailing between the two parts of the recently rended and bleeding kingdom, of which a very brief statement only had been made, at the close of the history of Rehoboam's reign, whether here or in the parallel. It is also, and most chiefly, distinguished by the graphic description of the very... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:1-22
The successor of Rehoboam. I. HIS NAME . Abijah, "whose father is Jehovah" ( 1 Kings 14:1 ); Abijam, "father of the sea," i.e. a maritime man ( 1 Kings 14:31 ; 1 Kings 15:1 ); or Abia ( LXX .). If Abijam be not a clerical mistake, then the hypothesis is at least interesting that the Chronicler adopted the form Abijah because he did not intend to describe this king's reign as wicked, while the writer of the Kings, having this intention, frequently selected the form... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:3-19
A great war in a short reign. I. THE CONTENDING ARMIES . ( 2 Chronicles 13:3 .) 1 . Their leaders. Of the army of Judah, Abijah; of the host of Israel, Jeroboam—both capable generals, and each the inspiring spirit of his troops. 2 . Their numbers. Of Judah, four hundred thousand men—one hundred thousand fewer than Joab numbered to Judah; of Israel, eight hundred thousand—exactly the number Joab counted to Israel ( 2 Samuel 24:9 ). 3 . Their quality. (a) ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:13-16
These verses purport to tell how Jeroboam, with all his vastly preponderating numbers ( 2 Chronicles 13:3 ), left nothing undone to secure the victory, and resorted even to the ambushment described; how, on the other hand, Abijah and his people honoured God by their cry and confident shout, and were delivered because they trusted in him ( 1 Samuel 17:45-47 ), and as follows, 2 Chronicles 13:18 , "relied upon the Lord God of their fathers." read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:17
Slain - five hundred thousand chosen men - Query, fifty thousand? This was a great slaughter: see the note on 2 Chronicles 13:3 , where all these numbers are supposed to be overcharged. read more