2 Chronicles 13 · Verse 19

2 Chronicles 13:19

And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth–el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
2 Chronicles 13:19, King James Version

2 Chronicles 13:19 in other translations

BSBAbijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
WEBAbijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.
ASVAnd Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephron with the towns thereof.
YLTAnd Abijah pursueth after Jeroboam, and captureth from him cities, Beth-El and its small towns, and Jeshanah and its small towns, and Ephraim and its small towns.
DARBYAnd Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its dependent villages, and Jeshanah with its dependent villages, and Ephron with its dependent villages.
BBEAnd Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.
WebsterAnd Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns.

What does 2 Chronicles 13:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him--This sanguinary action widened the breach between the people of the two kingdoms. Abijah abandoned his original design of attempting the subjugation of the ten tribes, contenting himself with the recovery of a few border towns, which, though lying within Judah or Benjamin, had been alienated to the new or northern kingdom. Among these was Beth-el, which, with its sacred associations, he might be strongly desirous to wrest from profanation.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Beth-el - "Beth-lehem." - Targum. Jeshanah - We know not where these towns lay.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 13:19 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.

וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ףvai.yir.Dofand he pursuedH7291
אֲבִיָּה֮'a.vi.YahAbijahH29
אַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
יָרָבְעָם֒ya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
וַיִּלְכֹּ֤דvai.yil.Kodand he capturedH3920
מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙mi.Me.nufrom himH4480
עָרִ֔ים'a.RimcitiesH5892
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בֵּֽית\־beit-Beth-H1008
אֵל֙'el-elH1008
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בְּנוֹתֶ֔יהָbe.no.Tei.hadaughters itsH1323
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יְשָׁנָ֖הye.sha.NahJeshanahH3466
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בְּנוֹתֶ֑יהָbe.no.Tei.hadaughters itsH1323
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עֶפְרַ֖יִןef.ronEphrayinH6085
וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ\׃u.ve.no.Tei.haand daughters itsH1323

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 13:19

  • 2 Chronicles 15:8

    And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.

  • Joshua 15:9

    And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath–jearim:

  • Joshua 11:12

    And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.

  • 1 Samuel 31:7

    And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  • Joshua 10:19

    And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand.

  • Joshua 10:39

    And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

  • John 11:54

    Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
took cities.
Jos 10:19,39; 11:12; 1Sa 31:7
Jeshanah.Jeshanah, according to the Talmud, was not far from Sephoris. Perhaps it is the Migdal-Senna of Eusebius, eight miles north of Jericho.
Ephrain.Ephrain, or Ephron, a city of Benjamin, is placed by Eusebius, eight miles north of Jerusalem, near Bethel. Josephus calls Ephrain and Bethel two little cities; and places the former in the tribe of Benjamin, near the wilderness of Judea, in the way to Jericho.
15:8; Jos 15:9
Ephron.
Joh 11:54

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 13:18

    Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the Lord God of their fathers.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:19

    And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth–el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:20

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

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2 Chronicles 13:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y siguió Abías á Jeroboam, y tomóle algunas ciudades, á Beth-el con sus aldeas, á Jesana con sus aldeas, y á Ephraim con sus aldeas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Abija poursuivit Jéroboam et lui prit des villes: Béthel et les villages de son ressort, et Jeshana et les villages de son ressort, et Éphron et les villages de son ressort.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Abija jagte Jerobeam nach, und er nahm ihm Städte weg: Bethel und seine Tochterstädte, und Jeschana und seine Tochterstädte, und Ephron und seine Tochterstädte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Persecutus est autem Abia fugientem Jeroboam, et cepit civitates ejus, Bethel et filias ejus, et Jesana cum filiabus suis, Ephron quoque et filias ejus: