2 Chronicles 13:19

2 Chronicles 13:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth–el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took from him the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephrain with its villages.

Context of 2 Chronicles 13:19

17So Abijah and his men defeated them decisively, and 500,000 of the best men of Israel were killed. 18So the Israelites were humbled at that time, and the men of Judah won because they trusted the Lord God of their ancestors. Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some of his cities: Bethel and its villages, Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephron and its villages. 20Jeroboam never regained power during Abijah’s time. The Lord caused Jeroboam to become sick, and Jeroboam died. 21But Abijah became strong. He married 14 wives and fathered 22 sons and 16 daughters.

2 Chronicles 13:19 word by word

וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף אֲבִיָּה֮ אַחֲרֵ֣י יָרָבְעָם֒ וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ עָרִ֔ים אֶת־בֵּֽית־אֵל֙ וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְאֶת־יְשָׁנָ֖ה וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתֶ֑יהָ וְאֶת־עֶפְרַ֖יִן וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Abijahאֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּה'ăbîyâh 'ăbîyâhû · AbijahH29
• pursuedרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Jeroboamיָֽרָבְעָםyârob‛âm · JeroboamH3379
• and tookלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• from him, Beth–elבֵּֽיתְ־אֵלbêyth-'êl · BethelH1008
• with the townsבַּתbath · daughter: villageH1323
• thereof, and Jeshanahיְשָׁנָהyeshânâh · JeshanahH3466
• thereof, and Ephrainעֶפְרוֹן‛ephrôn · EphronH6085

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 13:19

• Joshua 10:19But don’t stop. Chase your enemies! Cut off their rear guard. Don’t let them get back into their own cities, because the Lord your God has handed them over to you.”
• Joshua 11:12So Joshua captured all these cities and their kings. He claimed them for the Lord by destroying them, as the Lord’s servant Moses had commanded him.
• 1 Samuel 31:7When the people of Israel on the other side of the valley and across the Jordan River saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities. So the Philistines came to live in these cities.
• 2 Chronicles 15:8When Asa heard the prophet Oded’s words of prophecy, he was encouraged and put away the detestable idols from all of Judah, Benjamin, and the cities he had captured in the mountains of Ephraim. He also repaired the Lord’s altar in front of the Lord’s entrance hall.
• Joshua 15:9From the top of that mountain the border goes around to the spring of Nephtoah. From there it goes to the cities of Mount Ephron and around to Baalah (now called Kiriath Jearim).
• John 11:54So Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he left Bethany and went to the countryside near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 13:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Beth-el - "Beth-lehem." - Targum. Jeshanah - We know not where these towns lay.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Jeshanah is probably identical with the “Isanas” of Josephus, where a battle took place in the war between Antigonus and Herod; but its situation cannot be fixed. For Ephrain, see Joshua 18:23 note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19The Lord gave Judah a miraculous victory. Abijah took the areas around Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron from Israel (2 Chronicles 13:19). Along with Zemaraim (2 Chronicles 13:4), these towns in the hill country on Judah's northern border formed a geographical unit (see Joshua 18:22–23). We do not know what happened to this territory later. By the time of Amos, which was around 760 BC, Bethel was a major pagan shrine in Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him--This sanguinary action widened the breach between the people of the two kingdoms. Abijah abandoned his original design of attempting the subjugation of the ten tribes, contenting himself with the recovery of a few border towns, which, though lying within Judah or Benjamin, had been alienated to the new or northern kingdom. Among these was Beth-el, which, with its sacred associations, he might be…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 13:19

• Ephraim
• Ephrain
• Faithfulness
• Jeshanah
• Ophrah

In the dictionaries

• Abijah
• Jeroboam
• Abia, Abiah, or Abijah
• Abijah or Abijam
• Jeshanah
• Ophrah
• Zemaraim
• Bamah
• Ephrain
• Ephron (2)

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings