2 Chronicles 13:16-20 Niv
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
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:17
Slain ; Hebrew, חֲלָלִים . Even if we accept for a moment the immense numbers written here and elsewhere as authentic, a considerable deduction may be made from our difficulty by virtue of the fact that this word need not mean to describe the actually slain . It occurs about ninety-one times. Of these, in our Authorized Version, it is found rendered, including marginal options, as many as fifteen times "wounded," or by even a less severe meaning. However, whether "slain" or... 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
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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