He reigned three years in Jerusalem ,.... See Gill on 1 Kings 15:2 , his mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah ; see 2 Chronicles 11:20 ; see Gill on 1 Kings 15:2 . and there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam ; and in this chapter is an account of a battle fought between them, not recorded in the book of Kings. read more
His mother ' s name - was Michaiah - See on 2 Chronicles 11:20 ; (note). read more
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
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
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
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah . As before noted ( 2 Chronicles 11:20 ), and as in the parallel ( 1 Kings 15:2 ), this name is one with "Maachah, daughter of Absalom'' (parallel, Abishalom ). The different alphabetic characters may be attributed to error, and that error the error of transcription merely. As in our note ( 2 Chronicles 11:20 ), the word "daughter," as in many similar cases, stands for granddaughter. Thus the father of Maachah was Uriel of Gibeah, and her... read more
See the 1 Kings 15:2 note. read more
2 Chronicles 13:2. His mother’s name was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel Called Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, 1 Kings 15:2. She might be daughter to one, and grand-daughter to the other: or the proper and natural daughter of the one, and the other’s daughter by adoption. read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:1-12
Abijah's mother was called Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, 2 Chron. 11:20; here she is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel. It is most probable that she was a grand-daughter of Absalom, by his daughter Tamar (2 Sam. 14:27), and that her immediate father was this Uriel. But we are here to attend Abijah into the field of battle with Jeroboam king of Israel. I. God gave him leave to engage with Jeroboam, and owned him in the conflict, though he would not permit Rehoboam to do it, 2 Chron.... read more