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Verse 2 Chronicles 13:3. _ABIJAH SET THE BATTLE IN ARRAY_] The
_numbers_ in this verse and in the seventeenth seem almost incredible.
Abijah's army consisted of _four hundred thousand_ effective men;...
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It has been proposed to change the numbers, here and in 2 Chronicles
13:17, into 40,000, 80,000, and 50,000 respectively - partly because
these smaller numbers are found in many early editions of the...
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CHAPTER 13 THE REIGN OF ABIJAH
_ 1. The beginning of his reign (2 Chronicles 13:1)_
2. War with Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:3)
3. Death of Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:20)...
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THE REIGN OF ABIJAH. MOST of this section has nothing corresponding to
it in 1 K., though references to the history of this reign occur in 1
Kings 15:1.
2 Chronicles 13:1 f. _Cf._ 1 Kings 15:1 f., whe...
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MEN OF. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14.
FOUR HUNDRED... EIGHT HUNDRED. Note the steady increase of Judah and
the decrease of Israel: Rehoboam could assemble 180,000; Abijah
(eighteen years later), 400,000;...
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_Abijah set the battle in array_ R.V. ABIJAH JOINED BATTLE.
_four hundred thousand … eight hundred thousand_ It is to be noted
that the Chronicler does _not_expressly say that these two huge armies
me...
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EVEN FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND CHOSEN MEN— Houbigant thinks the numbers
right in this and the 17th verse. Dr. Kennicott observes upon them as
follows: "It is probable, that the Hebrew numbers may have bee...
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3. THE REIGN OF ABIJAH. (Chapter 13)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 13:1. In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began
Abijah to reign over Judah. 2. Three years reigned he in Jerusalem:
and his mother's name wa...
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_AND ABIJAH SET THE BATTLE IN ARRAY WITH AN ARMY OF VALIANT MEN OF
WAR, EVEN FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND CHOSEN MEN: JEROBOAM ALSO SET THE
BATTLE IN ARRAY AGAINST HIM WITH EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND CHOSEN MEN,...
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REIGN OF ABIJAH
This chapter expands the account given of Abijah (Abijam) in 1 Kings
15:1 by giving details of his war with Jeroboam, which is there only
briefly mentioned....
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FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND, etc.] These numbers (see also 2 Chronicles
13:17) are in keeping with the large figures that appear elsewhere in
Chronicles: see 2 Chronicles 14:8; 2 Chronicles 17:14....
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 13
JUDAH AND *ISRAEL FIGHT A WAR – 2 CHRONICLES 13:1-19
v1
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SET THE BATTLE IN ARRAY. — _Began the battle._ Vulg., “cumque
iniisset Abia certanien” (1 Kings 20:14).
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND CHOSEN MEN. — In David’s census, Judah
mustered 470,000 fighting men, and...
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וַ יֶּאְסֹ֨ר אֲבִיָּ֜ה אֶת ־הַ
מִּלְחָמָ֗ה בּ
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REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL
2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1;...
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In the reign of Abijah there was terrible war between Judah and
Israel. The king himself was evil, as the Book of the Kings declares.
Here, however, he was speaking and acting for his people. His addr...
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War. The author of the new edition of St. Jerome mentions two
manuscripts and there are several printed editions, which reduce these
numbers to one half. Castalio adopts this correction, asserting tha...
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His army was greatly inferior. But this he regards not. He pleads
right, as descended from David; whereas Jeroboam is an usurper. The
covenant of salt should seem to imply a covenant with sacrifice. F...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 16.
In his wars with Jeroboam, Abijah stands entirely upon this ground,
and he is blessed.
Asa follows his steps; and, whether at peace, or while...
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AND ABIJAH SET THE BATTLE IN ARRAY, WITH AN ARMY OF VALIANT MAN OF
WAR, EVEN FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND CHOSEN MEN,.... Collected such an army
of select men, led them into his enemy's country, and set them...
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And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war,
[even] four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle
in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men...
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_Abijah set the battle in array_ Namely, against Jeroboam, having, no
doubt, God's authority to engage with him in battle. It is probable,
indeed, that Jeroboam was the aggressor, and that what Abijah...
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1 Abiiah succeeding, maketh warre against Ieroboam.
4 Hee declareth the right of his cause.
13 Trusting in God, hee ouercommeth Ieroboam.
21 The wiues and children of Abiiah.
1 NOWE [NOTE: 1 Kings...
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Abijah's Warning to Israel...
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And Abijah, apparently in an effort to regain the northern territory
for the house of David, SET THE BATTLE IN ARRAY WITH AN ARMY OF
VALIANT MEN OF WAR, experienced, veteran troops, EVEN FOUR HUNDRED...
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THE REIGN OF ABIJAH
(vv.1-22)
Jereboam outlived Rehoboam, though not for long (v.20). He died after
reigning 22 years (1 Kings 14:20), five years longer than Rehoboam.
But Abijah, son of Rehoboam, r...
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SET:
_ Heb._ bound together...
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ABIJAH SET THE BATTLE IN ARRAY against Jeroboam. We need not
scrupulously inquire into the lawfulness of this war, for this Abijah,
though here he makes a fair flourish, and maintained the better caus...
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CONTENTS: War between Abijah and Jeroboam. Death of Jeroboam.
CHARACTERS: God, Abijah, Jeroboam.
CONCLUSION: Right may indeed go by the worst for a time, but it will
prevail at last. The battle is o...
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2 Chronicles 13:3. _Four hundred thousand eight hundred thousand
chosen men._ This would seem incredible, did we not know that the
manner of the Hebrews at that time was to bring all their people from...
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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 13:3 Abijah seems to imply (v. 2
Chronicles 13:8) that Jeroboam started this war. He was trying to
reunite the kingdom by force, as Rehoboam had tried to d
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel to 1 Kings 15:1. Abijah
succeeds and wars against Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:1); declares the
right of his cause (2 Chronicles 13:4); his victory and end ...
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EXPOSITION
The career of _Abijah _begins and ends with this chapter, the
twenty-one verses of which are paralleled by only eight in 1 Kings
15:1. The difference is caused by the fact that the writer o...
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And he reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between
Abijah and Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:2).
Now Jeroboam, you remem...
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1 Chronicles 21:5; 1 Samuel 17:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles
14:8;...