2 Chronicles 13:7

Contextual Overview

¹ Abijah began to rule over Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam's reign in Israel. ¹ In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. ¹ In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah. ¹ Abijah became the king of Judah during the eighteenth year Jeroboam was king of Israel. ¹ In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah. ¹ Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. ¹ In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. ¹In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah. ¹ In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah. ¹ Yn the eiytenthe yeer of kyng Jeroboam Abia regnede on Juda;

Bible Verse Review
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vain men: Judges 9:4, Judges 11:3, 1 Samuel 22:2, Job 30:8, Psalms 26:4, Proverbs 12:11, Proverbs 28:19, Acts 17:5, Titus 1:10

the children of Belial: Deuteronomy 13:13, 1 Kings 21:10, 1 Kings 21:13

young: 2 Chronicles 10:16, 2 Chronicles 12:13, Ecclesiastes 10:16, Isaiah 3:4, 1 Corinthians 14:20, Hebrews 5:12

could not: 2 Chronicles 11:1-4

Reciprocal: Judges 20:13 - children of Belial 1 Samuel 10:27 - children 1 Samuel 25:17 - a son of Belial 1 Kings 11:43 - Rehoboam 1 Kings 14:21 - Rehoboam 1 Chronicles 22:5 - Solomon 1 Chronicles 29:1 - young Nahum 1:11 - wicked counsellor Matthew 1:7 - Roboam

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, to Lasha.

Genesis 10:19
Their land reached from Sidon to Gerar as far as Gaza, and then to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 10:19
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, to Gaza; as thou goest to Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lashah.

Genesis 10:19
The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.

Genesis 10:19
The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as one goes to Gerar, as far as Gaza; and as one goes to Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 10:19
And the termes of Chanaan weren maad to men comynge fro Sidon to Gerara, til to Gasa, til thou entre in to Sodom and Gomore, and Adama, and Seboyne, til to Lesa.

Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; [in] thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.

Genesis 10:19
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there are gathered unto him vain men,.... Void of the fear of God, and all that is good:

the children of Belial: men unprofitable, good for nothing, or that had cast off the yoke of the law of God, were lawless and abandoned persons:

And have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon: rejected his government of them; went into a strong opposition to him, and set up another king over them:

when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted, and could not withstand them; not that he was young in years, for he was forty one years of age when he began to reign; though Joshua is called a young man when he is supposed to be between fifty and sixty years of age

Exodus 33:11, and though "adolescentia" and "juventus" are both used in Latin writers for "youth", yet Varro q distinguishes them, and makes the former to begin at the year fifteen, and continue to the year thirty, and the latter to begin at thirty, and end at forty five; so that, according to this, Rehoboam was then in his stage of youth; but perhaps the meaning here is, that he was young in the kingdom, scarcely settled on his throne, and the advantage of that was taken; not was he cowardly and fearful; and if Abijah meant that by "tender heartedness", he not only reproached but belied his father; for he would have fought with Israel in order to have reduced them to obedience, but was forbidden by the Lord; if by "tender hearted", he means that he had a tender regard to the command of God, it is true; but that seems not to be his sense, but the former.

q Apud Stockim in voce נער, p. 688.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 13:7. When Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted — Therefore he could not be forty-one when he came to the throne; 2 Chronicles 13:3. Children of Belial here signifies men of the most abandoned principles and characters; or men without consideration, education, or brains.