And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
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Interpretation
This verse continues the thought already in view and fits the wider themes of temple and reform in 2 Chronicles.
Read with
This thought runs through 2 Chronicles 13:18-20.
Glossary
- Abijah Person
- Father (i. e., “possessor or worshipper”) of Jehovah. (1. ) 1 Chr. 7:8 . (2. ) 1 Chr. 2:24 . (3. ) The second son of Samuel ( 1 Sam. 8:2 ; 1 Chr. 6:28 ).
- Jeroboam Person
- Increase of the people. (1. ) The son of Nebat ( 1 Kings 11:26-39 ), “an Ephrathite,” the first king of the ten tribes, over whom he reigned twenty-two years (B. C. 976-945).
- Bethel Place
- House of God. (1. ) A place in Central Palestine, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz ( Gen. 28:19 ). Modern identification: Beitin.
- Ephron Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Taybeh.
- Jeshanah Place
- A city of the kingdom of Israel ( 2 Chr. 13:19 ). Modern identification: Burj el Isaneh.