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.
Parallel translations
- WEB He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
- BSB and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
- NKJV He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
- NASB He reigned in Jerusalem for three years; and his mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
- NLT He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. Then war broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam.
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Quick answer
Abijah reigns three years in Jerusalem; his mother was Micaiah, and there was war with Jeroboam. His short reign is framed by conflict with the north.
Overview
The Chronicler notes Abijah's brief three-year reign and the ongoing war with Jeroboam. The maternal note follows the pattern of recording the queen mother for Judah's kings. This setting prepares for the great battle in which Judah, relying on the LORD, prevails over a larger northern army.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Chr 11:20And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 1 Kgs 15:6–7And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
- 1 Sam 10:26And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
- Judg 19:14And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
- Judg 19:16And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
- 1 Kgs 15:2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
- Josh 18:28And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
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