Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength. The disastrous action at Zemaraim, which caused the loss of the entire flower and chivalry of his army, broke his spirits and crippled his power.
The Lord struck him, and he died - i:e., Jeroboam. He lived, indeed, two years after the death of Abijah (1 Kings 14:20; 1 Kings 15:9). But he had been threatened with great calamities upon himself and his house; and it is apparently to the execution of these threatenings, which issued in his death, an anticipatory reference is here made.