2 Chronicles 13:12-14 NIV

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 13:5-12

The idea of Abijah in this religious harangue, addressed or supposed to be addressed to the kingdom of the ten tribes, was good, and the execution was spirited. While, however, he preaches well to others, there are not wanting signs that he can blind himself as to some failure of practice on his own part. The points of the argument running through his harangue are correct, skilfully chosen, and well and religiously thrust home on the heart of his supposed audience. The practical trust of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:12

The concluding utterances of Abijah certainly did not fall below what had preceded or the occasion in itself; and the echoes of them, while they died on the ear, must have lived, indeed, and stirred life in the hearts of many ( Joshua 5:14 ; Numbers 10:9 ; Numbers 31:6 ; our Numbers 31:14 , and Numbers 5:12 , Numbers 5:13 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:12

Four reasons for surrender. 1 . Jesus Christ has taught us that in the great spiritual campaign in which we are engaged there can be no neutrality; he that is not with the Lord is against him ( Matthew 12:30 ). We have, therefore, to include among those who are in arms against Christ, not only 2 . Before these there come the prophets of the Lord, summoning them to leave the ranks in which they stand, and to surrender themselves to him and his service. These speakers for God entreat... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 13:12

2 Chronicles 13:12. Behold, God himself is with us for our captain Here in our camp. We may be sure he is with us, because we are with him. And as a token of his presence we have here with us his priests, sounding his trumpets According to the law, as a testimony against you, and an assurance to us, that in the day of battle we shall be remembered before the Lord our God, and saved from our enemies. See Numbers 10:9, where this sacred signal is thus explained. Nothing is so effectual... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 13:13

2 Chronicles 13:13. But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come behind While Abijah was discoursing, he took the advantage thus afforded him of sending a party of soldiers privately to lie in ambush, and attack Abijah’s army behind, while he continued to face them with his main body. It does not appear that he made any answer to Abijah’s speech. The longest sword, he thinks, must determine the matter, not the better cause. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 13:14

2 Chronicles 13:14. Behold, the battle was before and behind Thus Judah was unexpectedly brought into a great strait, and put into great fear. A good cause, and one which is designed to be victorious, may be involved in difficulty and distress. And they cried unto the Lord For when danger was on every side, which way should they look but upward for deliverance? It is an unspeakable comfort, that no enemy, not the most powerful or politic, and no stratagem or ambushment, can cut off our... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:1-22

10:1-36:23 THE KINGS OF JUDAHDivision and its consequences (10:1-13:22)The Chronicler records the division of the kingdom (10:1-11:4; see notes on 1 Kings 12:1-24), but omits the statement in 1 Kings 12:20 that Jeroboam was made king of the northern tribes. He does not even mention Jeroboam’s reign (1 Kings 12:25-14:20). He considers that because the northerners broke away from the dynasty of David and from the true worship of God, they had no right to be called a kingdom, and certainly not the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:3-19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:5-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:13-16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 13:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 13:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 13:14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:1-22

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