2 Chronicles 13:20

Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.

Majority Standard Bible

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 pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.

21But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:10David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

1 Kings 15:9In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became king of Judah,

Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

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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