2-Chronicles - 13:2



2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Chronicles 13:2.

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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.
Three years he reigned in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Michaia, the daughter of Uriel of Gabaa: and there was war between Abia and Jeroboam.
three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, (and the name of his mother is Michaiah daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah,) and war hath been between Abijah and Jeroboam.
He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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His mother's name - was Michaiah - See on 2-Chronicles 11:20 (note).

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] (b) Michaiah the daughter of (c) Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
(b) Or Maacah, (1-Kings 15:2).
(c) Called also Absalom, for Absalom was her grandfather, (1-Kings 15:2).

He reigned three years in Jerusalem,.... See Gill on 1-Kings 15:2,
his mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah; see 2-Chronicles 11:20; see Gill on 1-Kings 15:2.
and there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam; and in this chapter is an account of a battle fought between them, not recorded in the book of Kings.

ABIJAH, SUCCEEDING, MAKES WAR AGAINST JEROBOAM, AND OVERCOMES HIM. (2Ch. 13:1-20)
His mother's name also was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel--the same as Maachah (see on 1-Kings 15:2). She was "the daughter," that is, granddaughter of Absalom (1-Kings 15:2; compare 2Sa. 14:1-33), mother of Abijah, "mother," that is, grandmother (1-Kings 15:10, Margin) of Asa.
of Gibeah--probably implies that Uriel was connected with the house of Saul.
there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam--The occasion of this war is not recorded (see 1-Kings 15:6-7), but it may be inferred from the tenor of Abijah's address that it arose from his youthful ambition to recover the full hereditary dominion of his ancestors. No prophet now forbade a war with Israel (2-Chronicles 11:23) for Jeroboam had forfeited all claim to protection.

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