Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
2 Chronicles 13:20 belongs to the account of Abijah's reign over Judah and Jeroboam's reign over Israel and their war, battle and conflict after the kingdom divided. Jeroboam ruled Israel and led the people away from God with golden calves, and the kings of Israel in this period had brief reigns. The chapter describes a war between the kingdoms in which Judah conquered and was victorious and Israel was defeated. It was a decisive battle in which Judah's army called on the Lord, and the Lord helped them defeat Jeroboam's much larger force.
The verse means Jeroboam did not regain strength or power again during Abijah's reign and lifetime. The Lord struck Jeroboam, and he died. The conflict between Abijah's Judah and Jeroboam's Israel is compared to the North and the South in the American Civil War.
2 Chronicles 13:20 belongs to the account of Abijah's reign over Judah and Jeroboam's reign over Israel and their war, battle and conflict after the kingdom divided. Jeroboam ruled Israel and led the people away from God with golden calves, and the kings of Israel in this period had brief reigns. The chapter describes a war between the kingdoms in which Judah conquered and was victorious and Israel was defeated. It was a decisive battle in which Judah's army called on the Lord, and the Lord helped them defeat Jeroboam's much larger force.
The verse means Jeroboam did not regain strength or power again during Abijah's reign and lifetime. The Lord struck Jeroboam, and he died. The conflict between Abijah's Judah and Jeroboam's Israel is compared to the North and the South in the American Civil War.