2 Chronicles 13:20

Jereboam never regained his power during Abijah's reign. Eventually the Lord struck him down and he died.

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In The King James Version

Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.

In Context

19Abijah chased Jeroboam and captured some towns from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.

21But Abijah grew stronger and stronger. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:10As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will kill him. Either his time will come and he'll die, or he will go into battle and be killed.

1 Kings 15:9Asa became king of Judah in the twentieth year of the reign of Jeroboam, king of Israel.

Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, look, I'm about to take away the one you love the most. She will die. But you must not mourn or weep. Don't cry any tears.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 13:14-22

Jeroboam Defeated by Abijah. ( b. c. 957.) 13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord , and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah:… Read the whole commentary →

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