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Michaiah. Called also Maachah in 2 Chronicles 11:20; 1 Kings 15:2. See note on 1 Chronicles 25:11. Michaiah. Who is like Jehovah? This name used of her as the queen-mother; but she is called Maachah. oppression, when speaking of her idolatry (2 Chronicles 15:16).
Uriel of Gibeah. Josephus (Antiquities VIII. 10, 1) says he was the husband of Tamar the daughter of Absalom, and the mother of Michaiah. See above, 2 Chronicles 11:20; 1 Kings 15:2.
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men of. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14.
four hundred... eight hundred. Note the steady increase of Judah and the decrease of Israel: Rehoboam could assemble 180,000; Abijah (eighteen years later), 400,000; Asa (six years later), 580,000; Jehoshaphat (thirty-two years later), 1,160, 000. On the other hand, with Israel, Jeroboam could assemble 800,000, while Ahab's army was compared to "two little flocks of kids" (1 Kings 20:27), which could not stand against the Syrians. This increase of Judah was caused by the constant emigration of Israelites from the ten tribes. See note on 1 Kings 12:17.
mighty men. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14.
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mount. hill country: i.e. of Ephraim.
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2 Chronicles 13:5 open_in_new
Ought ye not... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
even to him. Israel's king must be of David's line.
a covenant of salt. See notes on Leviticus 2:13 and Numbers 18:19. This is the third of the three occurrences,
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rebelled. Compare 1 Kings 11:26.
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2 Chronicles 13:7 open_in_new
children. sons.
was. Hebrew. hayah = became, or showed himself [to be young and weak].
young. Compare 2 Chronicles 10:8; 2 Chronicles 12:13.
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2 Chronicles 13:8 open_in_new
the kingdom of the LORD. Once pertaining to the whole nation (1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Chronicles 9:8), now confined to Judah.
made you. Compare 1 Kings 12:28.
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2 Chronicles 13:9 open_in_new
Have ye not... ? Compare 2 Chronicles 11:14. Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
nations. Peoples.
seven rams. In Exodus 29:1 and Leviticus 8:2 only "two rams" appointed. But religion and ritual, being for the flesh, always add outward things while they diminish the spiritual.
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2 Chronicles 13:11 open_in_new
burn. "burn [as incense]". Hebrew. katar. App-43.
candlestick. lampstand.
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behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.
sounding trumpets. Compare Numbers 10:9; Numbers 31:6.
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2 Chronicles 13:14 open_in_new
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.
Ephrain. Identified as "Ephraim" (John 11:54).
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2 Chronicles 13:20 open_in_new
he died. Figure of speech Hysterologia. App-6. Jeroboam outlived Abijah. See note on 1 Kings 14:20.
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story. Hebrew. midrash. a, historical commentary, having in view the moral instruction rather than the historic facts. Occurs only here and 2 Chronicles 24:27.
Iddo. Compare 2 Chronicles 9:29; 2 Chronicles 12:15.