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2 Chronicles 13:2
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The passage is a chronological and genealogical note concerning King Abijah of Judah, placed immediately before the narrative of his military confrontation with Jeroboam of Israel.
The words — מָלַךְ (ma.laKh) = he reigned and שָל֣וֹשׁ (sha.Lo.osh) = three.
The thread — 2 Chronicles 11:20 identifies Abijah’s mother as Maacah, while 1 Kings 15:6 records the prolonged conflict between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam. Joshua 18:28 locates Gibeah, Micaiah’s hometown, within the territory assigned to Benjamin.
Why it lands — The text states a precise reign duration and maternal lineage before describing a battle, requiring a reader to treat genealogical and chronological markers as the structural basis for the political and military history.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 11:20 After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 1 Kings 15:6 And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.
- Joshua 18:28 Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Judges 19:14 So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
- Judges 19:16 That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
- 1 Samuel 10:26 Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
- 1 Kings 15:2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.