2 Chronicles 13:1

Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

2 Chronicles 13:1, King James Version

2 Chronicles 13:1 in other translations

BSB	In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,
WEB	In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
ASV	In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
YLT	In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam--Abijah reigneth over Judah;
DARBY	In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
BBE	In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.
Webster	Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

What does 2 Chronicles 13:1 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

Abijah begins to reign over Judah, and has war with Jeroboam, 2Chr 13:1-3. His speech from Mount Zemaraim to Jeroboam, before the commencement of hostilities, 2Chr 13:4-12. While thus engaged, Jeroboam despatches some troops which come on the rear of Abijah's army, 2Chr 13:13. Perceiving this, they cry unto the Lord, and the Israelites are defeated with the loss of five hundred thousand men, 2Chr 13:14-18. Abijah retakes several cities from Jeroboam, who is smitten by the Lord, and dies, 2Chr 13:19, 2Chr 13:20. Abijah's marriages and issue, 2Chr 13:21, 2Chr 13:22.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

Abijah overcomes Jeroboam. --Jeroboam and his people, by apostacy and idolatry, merited the severe punishment Abijah was permitted to execute upon them. It appears from the character of Abijah, 1Ki 15:3, that he was not himself truly religious, yet he encouraged himself from the religion of his people. It is common for those that deny the power of godliness, to boast of the form of it. Many that have little religion themselves, value it in others. But it was true that there were numbers of pious worshippers in Judah, and that theirs was the more righteous cause. In their distress, when danger was on every side, which way should they look for deliverance unless upward? It is an unspeakable comfort, that our way thither is always open. They cried unto the Lord. Earnest prayer is crying. To the cry of prayer they added the shout of faith, and became more than conquerors. Jeroboam escaped the sword of Abijah, but God struck him; there is no escaping his sword.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Chronicles 13:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בִּשְׁנַ֛תbish.Natin yearH8141

שְׁמוֹנֶ֥הshe.mo.Neheight-H8083

עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehteenH6240

לַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhof the kingH4428

יָרָבְעָ֑םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379

וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he became kingH4427

אֲבִיָּ֖ה'a.vi.YahAbijahH29

עַל\־'al-overH5921

יְהוּדָֽה\׃ye.hu.DahJudahH3063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 13:1

2 Chronicles 12:16
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 15:1-8
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Abijah succeeding makes war against Jeroboam.
4 He declares the right of his cause.
13 Trusting in God, he overcomes Jeroboam.
21 The wives and children of Abijah.

A.M. 3046-3049. B.C. 958-955. in the eighteenth. See onch.
12:16; 1Ki 15:1-8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

2 Chronicles 13:1
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:2
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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2 Chronicles 13:1 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	A LOS dieciocho años del rey Jeroboam, reinó Abías sobre Judá.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	*La dix-huitième année du roi Jéroboam, Abija commença de régner sur Juda.
German Elberfelder 1871	Im achtzehnten Jahre des Königs Jerobeam, da wurde Abija König über Juda.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Anno octavodecimo regis Jeroboam, regnavit Abia super Judam.