역대하 13:19-21 KRV

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 13:19

Bethel . Abijah was, perhaps, the rather permitted to take this city as the head-quarters of Jeroboam's irreligious worship. Jeshanah . A place not known elsewhere in Scripture by this name, which by derivation means "old." Grove quotes Josephus ('Ant.,' 14.15.§ 12) as speaking of a place so named, the scene of a battle between Herod and Antigonus's general, Pappus, but Josephus does not assign its site. Ephrain ; or, according to Chethiv, Epron. Grove says that conjecture has... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:19-20

Jeroboam: career, character, reputation. There are three things which belong to every man, with the shaping of which he himself has much, though not everything, to do, and which are of the first importance to him. We look at them in connection with Jeroboam. I. HIS CAREER . At first, and for some time, we find him steadily rising; beginning low, he distinguishes himself by the character of his work, is promoted to a post of some importance ( 1 Kings 11:28 ); he gains the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:20

The Lord struck him; and he died . The writer of Chronicles here, for brevity's sake, and not to recur to his name again, records the death of Jeroboam, which, however, did not happen till after Abijah's death, in the second year of Asa's reign ( 1 Kings 14:20 ; 1 Kings 15:25 ). That the Lord struck him, may glance at the fearful announcement conveyed to him through his wife by Ahijah ( 1 Kings 14:6-16 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:20

The career of Jeroboam. I. AN EXAMPLE OF DISAPPOINTED AMBITION . A striking illustration of how "vaulting ambition overleaps itself, and falls on the other side." Its stages reveal the insatiable character of that "fire and motion of the soul which will not dwell in its own narrow being, but aspires beyond the fitting medium of desire" (Byron). 1 . Promoted to a position of trust. Originally a servant of Solomon, he was appointed master of works for the house of Judah, 1. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:21

Waxed mighty . For this our Authorized Version reads, "waxed fat and wanton" (Hebrew, יִתְחַזֵּק ), and grew too like his father Rehoboam and his grandfather Solomon, forgetting the "Law" ( Deuteronomy 17:17 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:21-22

Abijah: the lessons of his life. These concluding verses, which dispose of the latter end of the life of Abijah, may bring before us the lessons which are to be gathered from his career. I. THE SLIGHTNESS AND VALUELESSNESS OF HUMAN FAME . He was a descendant of David, and a king reigning at Jerusalem, and he gained a somewhat brilliant victory over his rival at Mount Ephraim—"the rest of his acts and his ways and sayings are written in the story of the Prophet Iddo;" but... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:19

Jeshanah is probably identical with the “Isanas” of Josephus, where a battle took place in the war between Antigonus and Herod; but its situation cannot be fixed. For Ephrain, see Joshua 18:23 note. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:20

Jeroboam’s death was a judgment upon him for his sins. Chronologically speaking, his death is here out of place, for he outlived Abijah at least two years (compare the marginal reference and 1 Kings 15:9); but the writer, not intending to recur to his history, is naturally led to carry it on to its termination. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:3-19

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:19-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:21-22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:20

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