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2 Chronicles 13:1

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

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

2 Chronicles 13:1 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 13:1

Theological / Devotional

Eighteenth year. This verse is almost identical with 1 Kings 15:1. In the books of Kings the account of each reign of the monarchs of both Judah and Israel is regularly begun with a cross synchronism with the year of the monarch then reigning in the neighboring kingdom, but this is the only such synchronism found in Chronicles. It should be noted that Chronicles deals primarily with the nation of Judah, mentioning Israel only incidentally. For the probable meaning of “the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam” see on 1 Kings 15:1.

Abijah. Spelled “Abijam” in Kings (1 Kings 15:1; etc.).

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