2 Chronicles 13:20

neither was Jeroboam strong any more, in the days of Abijah,—and Yahweh smote him that he died.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and captured from him, cities, even Bethel, with the villages thereof, and Jeshanah, with the villages thereof,—and Ephron, with the villages thereof;

21And Abijah strengthened himself, and took him, fourteen wives,—and begat twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 26:10And David said—By the life of Yahweh, surely, Yahweh himself, must smite him,—or, his day, must come that he die, or, into battle, must he go down, and be swept away.

1 Kings 15:9Now, in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, began Asa to reign as king of Judah;

Ezekiel 24:16Son of Man Behold me! taking away from thee the delight of thine eyes, with a stroke,- But thou shall not lament Neither shalt thou weep, Neither shall come—thy 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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