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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Abijah and his army pursued Jeroboam’s troops and captured some of his towns, including Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their surrounding villages.

Context of 2 Chronicles 13:19

17Abijah and his troops inflicted heavy losses on them, so that there were five hundred thousand casualties among Israel’s able men. 18The Israelites were subdued on that occasion, and the people of Judah were victorious because they relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors. Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took from him the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages. 20Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. And the Lord struck him down and he died. 21But Abijah grew in strength. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen 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; pursue your enemies! Attack them from the rear and don’t let them reach their cities, for the Lord your God has given them into your hand.”
• Joshua 11:12Joshua took all these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.
• 1 Samuel 31:7When the Israelites along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.
• 2 Chronicles 15:8When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage. He removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the portico of the Lord’s temple.
• Joshua 15:9From the hilltop the boundary headed toward the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, came out at the towns of Mount Ephron and went down toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim).
• John 11:54Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village 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