KJV King James Version
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
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2 Chronicles 13:2
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
WEB World English Bible
He reigned three years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
ASV American Standard Version
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, (and the name of his mother is Michaiah daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah,) and war hath been between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 13
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, [even] four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, [being] mighty men of valour.
4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, [even] to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
שָׁל֣וֹשׁH7969 · sha.loshthreeשָׁנִ֗יםH8141 · sha.nehyearמָלַךְ֙H4427 · ma.lakhto reignבִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוְשֵׁ֣םH8034 · shemnameאִמּ֔וֹH517 · emmotherמִיכָיָ֥הוּH4322 · mi.kha.ya.huMicaiahבַת־H1323 · batdaughterאוּרִיאֵ֖לH222 · u.ri.elUrielמִן־H4480 · minfromגִּבְעָ֑הH1390 · giv.ahGibeahוּמִלְחָמָ֥הH4421 · mil.cha.mahbattleהָיְתָ֛הH1961 · ha.yahto beבֵּ֥יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenאֲבִיָּ֖הH29 · a.viy.yahAbijahוּבֵ֥יןH996 · ba.yinbetweenיָרָבְעָֽם׃H3379 · ya.rov.amJeroboam
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 11:20And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.1 Kings 15:6-7And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.Judges 19:14And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them [when they were] by Gibeah, which [belongeth] to Benjamin.1 Samuel 10:26And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.Joshua 18:28And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which [is] Jerusalem, Gibeath, [and] Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This [is] the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.Judges 19:16And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which [was] also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place [were] Benjamites.1 Kings 15:2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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