"And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper."
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Verse 2 Chronicles 13:12. _GOD HIMSELF IS WITH US_] Ye have _golden
calves_; we have _the living and omnipotent Jehovah_.
_WITH - TRUMPETS TO CRY ALARM AGAINST YOU._] This was appalling: When
the pri...
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CHAPTER 13 THE REIGN OF ABIJAH
_ 1. The beginning of his reign (2 Chronicles 13:1)_
2. War with Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:3)
3. Death of Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:20)
4. Abijah's family (2 Chronic...
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THE REIGN OF ABIJAH. MOST of this section has nothing corresponding to
it in 1 K., though references to the history of this reign occur in 1
Kings 15:1.
2 Chronicles 13:1 f. _Cf._ 1 Kings 15:1 f., wh...
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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._
SOUNDING TRUMPETS. Compare Numbers 10:9; Numbers 31:6....
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_God_himself is _with us for_our _captain_ R.V. GOD IS WITH US AT OUR
HEAD.
_with sounding trumpets_ R.V. WITH THE TRUMPETS OF ALARM (Numbers
10:9). Abijah here threatens his opponents with a _jihâd_...
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DISCOURSE: 403
ABIJAH’S REMONSTRANCE WITH JEROBOAM [Note: For a Fast-Day in war.]
2 Chronicles 13:12. _Behold, God himself is with us for our captain,
and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry al...
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3. THE REIGN OF ABIJAH. (Chapter 13)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 13:1. In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began
Abijah to reign over Judah. 2. Three years reigned he in Jerusalem:
and his mother's name wa...
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_OUGHT YE NOT TO KNOW THAT THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL GAVE THE KINGDOM
OVER ISRAEL TO DAVID FOR EVER, EVEN TO_ _ HIM AND TO HIS SONS BY A
COVENANT OF SALT?_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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REIGN OF ABIJAH
This chapter expands the account given of Abijah (Abijam) in 1 Kings
15:1 by giving details of his war with Jeroboam, which is there only
briefly mentioned....
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 13
JUDAH AND *ISRAEL FIGHT A WAR – 2 CHRONICLES 13:1-19
V1 In the 18th...
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GOD HIMSELF. — _The_ (true) _God._ So in 2 Chronicles 13:15.
Literally, _and behold there are with us at the head the God and his
priests, and the trumpets of alarm to sound alarm against you._ (See
N...
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וְ הִנֵּה֩ עִמָּ֨נוּ בָ † רֹ֜אשׁ הָ
אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ וְ כֹהֲנָ֛יו וַ
חֲצֹצְרֹ֥ות הַ תְּרוּעָ֖ה...
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REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL
2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1; 2 Chronicles
13:1
THE transition from Solomon to Rehoboam brings to light a serious
drawback of...
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In the reign of Abijah there was terrible war between Judah and
Israel. The king himself was evil, as the Book of the Kings declares.
Here, however, he was speaking and acting for his people. His addr...
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And, behold, God himself [is] (l) with us for [our] captain, and his
priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of
Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; f...
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Abijah, having in the former part of his speech pointed out the
badness of the cause of his enemies, in those verses calls upon the
people to judge of the goodness of his cause from the Lord. He
stron...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 16.
In his wars with Jeroboam, Abijah stands entirely upon this ground,
and he is blessed.
Asa follows his steps; and, whether at peace, or while...
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AND, BEHOLD, GOD HIMSELF IS WITH US FOR OUR CAPTAIN,.... To go before
our armies, and fight our battles for us:
AND HIS PRIESTS WITH SOUNDING TRUMPETS TO CRY ALARM AGAINST YOU; which
was one use of t...
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And, behold, God himself [is] with us for [our] captain, and his
priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of
Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for y...
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_Behold, God himself is with us for our captain_ Here in our camp. We
may be sure he is with us, because we are with him. And as a token of
his presence we have here with us _his priests, sounding_ hi...
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1 Abiiah succeeding, maketh warre against Ieroboam.
4 Hee declareth the right of his cause.
13 Trusting in God, hee ouercommeth Ieroboam.
21 The wiues and children of Abiiah.
1 NOWE [NOTE: 1 Kings...
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Abijah's Warning to Israel...
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THE REIGN OF ABIJAH
(vv.1-22)
Jereboam outlived Rehoboam, though not for long (v.20). He died after
reigning 22 years (1 Kings 14:20), five years longer than Rehoboam.
But Abijah, son of Rehoboam, r...
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WITH SOUNDING TRUMPETS TO CRY ALARM AGAINST YOU; upon the sounding
whereof God hath solemnly promised to assist his people, NUMBERS 10:9.
FIGHT YE NOT AGAINST THE LORD GOD OF YOUR FATHERS; you have no...
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2 Chronicles 13:12 God H430 head H7218 priests H3548 sounding H8643
trumpets H2689 alarm H7321 (H8687) children H1121 Israel H3478 fight
H3898 (H8735) LORD H3068 God H430 fathers H1 prosper H6743 (H86...
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CONTENTS: War between Abijah and Jeroboam. Death of Jeroboam.
CHARACTERS: God, Abijah, Jeroboam.
CONCLUSION: Right may indeed go by the worst for a time, but it will
prevail at last. The battle is o...
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2 Chronicles 13:3. _Four hundred thousand eight hundred thousand
chosen men._ This would seem incredible, did we not know that the
manner of the Hebrews at that time was to bring all their people from...
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_And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim._
A GREAT SPEECH
its claims concerning Judah. God recognised--
1. In the gift of the kingdom.
2. In the worship and services of the temple.
3. In the warf...
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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 13:8 Abijah condemns the
northerners for their religious unfaithfulness (compare Hosea 8:6).
Judah, by contrast, has the legitimate priesthood and temple worship,
so...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel to 1 Kings 15:1. Abijah
succeeds and wars against Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:1); declares the
right of his cause (2 Chronicles 13:4); his victory and end (2
Chron...
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EXPOSITION
The career of _Abijah _begins and ends with this chapter, the
twenty-one verses of which are paralleled by only eight in 1 Kings
15:1. The difference is caused by the fact that the writer...
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And he reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between
Abijah and Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:2).
Now Jeroboam, you remem...
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1 Samuel 4:5; 2 Chronicles 24:20; Acts 5:39; Acts 9:4; Acts 9:5;
Deuteronomy 20:4; Deuteronomy 28:29; Ezekiel 17:9; Hebrews 2:10;
Isaiah 45:9;
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Trumpets — Upon the sounding whereof God hath solemnly promised to
assist his people, Numbers 10:9. The Lord — You have not only us for
your enemies, but God, even the God whom your fathers served. It...
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Was Abijah a wicked or a righteous king?
PROBLEM: According to 1 Kings 15:3, Abijah was a wicked king who
“walked in all the sins of his father.” However, here in 2
Chronicles he is represented as gi...