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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Chronicles 13:2

He ruled three years in Yerushalayim; his mother's name was Mikhayahu the daughter of Uri'el from Giv‘ah. There was war between Aviyah and Yarov‘am.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Maachah;   Uriel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Jeroboam;   Maacah or Maachah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abijah (abijam);   Jeroboam;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Maachah;   Michaiah;   Uriel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Maachah;   Michaiah;   Tamar (2);   Uriel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Gibeah;   Michaiah;   Uriel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gibeah;   Maacah;   Micah, Micaiah;   Uriel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abijah ;   Gibeah ;   Michaiah ;   Uriel ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abijah;   Judah the kingdom of;   Maachah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ma'achah;   Micha'iah;   U'ri-El;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Abijah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Gibeah;   Maacah;   Micaiah;   Uriel (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abijah;   Gibeah;   Meshullam ben Nathan of Melun;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and he reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah.
Hebrew Names Version
Three years reigned he in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was Mikhayahu the daughter of Uri'el of Gevah. There was war between Aviyah and Yarov`am.
King James Version
He 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.
English Standard Version
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
New Century Version
Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Uriel from the town of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
New English Translation
He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Amplified Bible
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam [of Israel].
New American Standard Bible
He reigned in Jerusalem for three years; and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
World English Bible
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He reigned three yere in Ierusalem: (his mothers name also was Michaiah the daughter of Vriel of Gibea) and there was warre betweene Abiiah and Ieroboam.
Legacy Standard Bible
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Berean Standard Bible
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother's name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Contemporary English Version
and he ruled from Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. Some time later, Abijah and King Jeroboam of Israel went to war against each other.
Darby Translation
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Easy-to-Read Version
Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother's name was Maacah. She was the daughter of Uriel, from the town of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
George Lamsa Translation
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mothers name was Maachah the daughter of Uriel of Ramtha.
Good News Translation
and he ruled three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Micaiah daughter of Uriel, from the city of Gibeah. War broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Lexham English Bible
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and between Jeroboam.
Literal Translation
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& reigned thre yeare at Ierusalem. His mothers name was Michaia the doughter of Vriel of Gibea. And there was warre betwene Abia and Ieroboam.
American Standard Version
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Bible in Basic English
He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he raigned three yeres in Hierusalem: (His mothers name also was Michaiahu, the daughter of Uriel of Gibea:) And ther was warre betweene Abia and Ieroboam.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
King James Version (1611)
He reigned three yeres in Ierusalem: (his mothers name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibea:) and there was warre between Abiiah and Ieroboam.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maacha, daughter of Uriel of Gabaon.
English Revised Version
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he regnede thre yeer in Jerusalem; and the name of hise modir was Mychaie, the douyter of Vriel of Gabaa. And batel was bitwixe Abia and Jeroboam.
Update Bible Version
He reigned three years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Webster's Bible Translation
He 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.
New King James Version
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Michaiah 2 Chronicles 11:20, 21 and 1 Kings 15:2">[fn] the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
New Living Translation
He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. Then war broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam.
New Life Bible
He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
New Revised Standard
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
three years, reigned he in Jerusalem, and, the name of his mother, was Maacah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeah, - and there was, war, between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Three years he reigned in Jerusalem, and his mother’s name was Michaia, the daughter of Uriel of Gabaa: and there was war between Abia and Jeroboam.
Revised Standard Version
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Micai'ah the daughter of U'riel of Gib'e-ah. Now there was war between Abi'jah and Jerobo'am.
Young's Literal Translation
three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, (and the name of his mother [is] Michaiah daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah,) and war hath been between Abijah and Jeroboam.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

Contextual Overview

1 It was in the eighteenth year of King Yarov‘am that Aviyah began his reign over Y'hudah. 2 He ruled three years in Yerushalayim; his mother's name was Mikhayahu the daughter of Uri'el from Giv‘ah. There was war between Aviyah and Yarov‘am. 3 Aviyah joined the battle with an army of valiant soldiers, 400,000 select troops; while Yarov‘am took the field against him with 800,000 select troops who were valiant, strong men. 4 Aviyah, standing on Mount Z'marayim, in the hills of Efrayim, cried, "Yarov‘am and all Isra'el! Listen to me! 5 Don't you know that Adonai , the God of Isra'el, gave rulership over Isra'el to David forever, to him and his descendants, by a covenant of salt [which is unbreakable]? 6 Yet Yarov‘am the son of N'vat, servant to Shlomo the son of David, rose in rebellion against his lord. 7 There rallied around him worthless brutes who were too strong for Rechav‘am the son of Shlomo to withstand when he was young and inexperienced. 8 Now you expect to withstand the kingdom of Adonai in the hands of the descendants of David. Yes, there are a great number of you, and you have with you the gold calves that Yarov‘am made as gods for you. 9 Yes, you drove out the cohanim of Adonai , the descendants of Aharon, and the L'vi'im; and you made yourselves priests as do the peoples in other countries, so that anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of those non-gods. 10 "But we are different. Adonai is our God, and we have not abandoned him. We have cohanim performing the service for Adonai , descendants of Aharon. With the L'vi'im doing their work,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Michaiah: 2 Chronicles 11:20, Maachah the daughter of Absalom, 1 Kings 15:2, Abishalom

Gibeah: Joshua 18:28, Gibeath, Judges 19:14, Judges 19:16, 1 Samuel 10:26, am 3047, bc 957

And there was: 1 Kings 15:6, 1 Kings 15:7

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 14:19 - how he warred 1 Kings 15:10 - mother's

Cross-References

Genesis 13:1
Avram went up from Egypt — he, his wife and everything he had, and Lot with him — into the Negev.
Genesis 13:3
As he went on his travels from the Negev, he came to Beit-El, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beit-El and ‘Ai,
Genesis 13:9
Isn't the whole land there in front of you? Please separate yourself from me — if you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left."
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Yarden was well watered everywhere, before Adonai destroyed S'dom and ‘Amora, like the garden of Adonai , like the land of Egypt in the direction of Tzo‘ar.
Genesis 13:12
Avram lived in the land of Kena‘an; and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, setting up his tent near S'dom.
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of S'dom were evil, committing great sins against Adonai .
Genesis 24:35
Adonai has greatly blessed my master, so that he has grown wealthy. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female slaves, camels and donkeys.
Deuteronomy 8:18
No, you are to remember Adonai your God, because it is he who is giving you the power to get wealth, in order to confirm his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as is happening even today.
1 Samuel 2:7
Adonai makes poor, and he makes rich; he humbles, and he exalts.
Job 1:3
He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 pairs of oxen and 500 female donkeys, as well as a great number of servants; so that he was the wealthiest man in the east.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He reigned three years in Jerusalem,....

:-,

his mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah; see 2 Chronicles 11:20,

2 Chronicles 11:20- :.

and there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam; and in this chapter is an account of a battle fought between them, not recorded in the book of Kings.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the 1 Kings 15:2 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 13:2. His mother's name - was Michaiah — See on 2 Chronicles 11:20.


 
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