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2 Chronicles 13:3 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 13 · verse 3
And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.2 Chronicles 13:3 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 13:3 in context
1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2He 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.
3And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
4And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5Ought 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- JeroboamYârobʻâmJarobam, the name of two Israelite kingsH3379 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- AbijahʼĂbîyâhAbijah, the name of several Israelite men and two IsraelitessesH29 →
- battlemilchâmâha battleH4421 →
- chosenbâcharproperly, to tryH977 →
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Abijah's mother was called Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, Ch2 11:20; here she is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel. It is most probable that she was a grand-daughter of Absalom, by his daughter Tamar (Sa2 14:27), and that her immediate father was this Uriel.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12