The Lord struck him Either with vexation and horror of mind, or with some painful and lingering, but incurable disease, like that of Jehoram, which tormented him two years together, and at last killed him, 2 Chronicles 21:19. And he died Not immediately, but a year or two after this time. He escaped the sword of Abijah; but there is no escaping God's sword.
Related Commentaries of 2 Chronicles 13:20
2 Chronicles 13:20
20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.