Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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.

2. Michaiah ] Read with LXX., Maacah; cp. note on 2Ch 11:20.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

See the 1Ki 15:2 note.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Verse 2. His mother’s name – was Michaiah] See on 2Ch 11:20.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

Michaiah the daughter of Uriel, called Maachah the daughter of Absalom, 1Ki 15:2. She might be daughter to one, and granddaughter to the other; or the proper and natural daughter of the, one, and the others by adoption, of which there are instances in Scripture; or the same person might be called Uriel and Absalom: see 1Ki 15:2.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

2. His mother’s name also wasMichaiah, the daughter of Urielthe same as Maachah (see on 1Ki15:2). She was “the daughter,” that is, granddaughterof Absalom (1Ki 15:2; compare2Sa 14:1-33), motherof Abijah, “mother,” that is, grandmother (1Ki15:10, Margin) of Asa.

of Gibeahprobablyimplies that Uriel was connected with the house of Saul.

there was war between Abijahand JeroboamThe occasion of this war is not recorded (see1Ki 15:6; 1Ki 15:7),but it may be inferred from the tenor of Abijah’s address that itarose from his youthful ambition to recover the full hereditarydominion of his ancestors. No prophet now forbade a war with Israel(2Ch 11:23) for Jeroboam hadforfeited all claim to protection.

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He reigned three years in Jerusalem,….

[See comments on 1Ki 15:2],

his mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah; see 2Ch 11:20,

[See comments on 1Ki 15:2].

and there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam; and in this chapter is an account of a battle fought between them, not recorded in the book of Kings.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(2) His mothers name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.Kings reads for the names Maachah the daughter of Abishalom; and as the chronicler has himself already designated Abijah as son of Maachah, daughter of Absalom (2Ch. 11:20-22), there can be no doubt that this is correct, and that Michaiah, which is elsewhere a mans name, is a corruption of Maachah. This is confirmed by the LXX., Syriac, and Arabic, which read Maachah. As we have already stated (2Ch. 11:20), Maachah was granddaughter to Absalom, being a daughter of Tamar the only daughter of Absalom. Uriel of Gibeah, then, must have been the husband of Tamar. (See on 2Ch. 15:16. Uriel of Gibeah is otherwise unknown.)

And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.Now war had arisen. See 1Ki. 15:6. Now war had prevailed [same verb] between Abijam [common Hebrew text incorrectly has Rehoboam] and Jeroboam all the days of his life. The chronicler modifies the sense by omitting the concluding phrase, and then proceeds to give a striking account of a campaign in which Abijah totally defeated his rival (2Ch. 13:3-20); of all which we find not a word in Kings.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

2. Michaiah Probably a copyist’s error for Maachah.

Daughter of Uriel And granddaughter of Absalom. 1Ki 15:2, note.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2Ch 13:2. His mother’s namewas Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel In the 20th verse of the 11th chapter, and in 1Ki 15:2 she is called Maachah the daughter of Absalom: the same persons, perhaps, having different names.

Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke

2Ch 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.

Ver. 2. His mother’s name was Michaiah.] Alias Maachah. See on 2Ch 11:21-22 .

And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. ] Like as there had been between Rehoboam and Jeroboam. So the dissension betwixt England and Scotland, which consumed more Christian blood, wrought more spoil and destruction, and continued longer, than ever quarrel we read of did between any two people in the world.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

Michaiah. Called also Maachah in 2Ch 11:20; 1Ki 15:2. See note on 1Ch 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 (2Ch 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, 2Ch 11:20. 1Ki 15:2.

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Michaiah

Probably a grandchild of Absalom, called Abishalom, Cf. 2Ch 11:20; 1Ki 15:2.

Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes

Michaiah: 2Ch 11:20, Maachah the daughter of Absalom, 1Ki 15:2, Abishalom

Gibeah: Jos 18:28, Gibeath, Jdg 19:14, Jdg 19:16, 1Sa 10:26, am 3047, bc 957

And there was: 1Ki 15:6, 1Ki 15:7

Reciprocal: 1Ki 14:19 – how he warred 1Ki 15:10 – mother’s

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UNBROTHERLY WARFARE

There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

2Ch 13:2

In the reign of Abijah there was terrible war between Judah and Israel. The king himself was evil, as the Book of Kings declares. Here, however, he was speaking and acting for his people. His address, in which he attempted to persuade Israel to submission, is a very remarkable one.

I. It is a strange mixture of misrepresentation and religion.The misrepresentation is to be found in his statement of the reason of the rebellion of Israel, which culminated in the crowning of Jeroboam. He attributed the whole thing to the influence of evil men whom he described as sons of Belial. How often in process of time men misinterpret the reasons from which differences spring! The condition of Israel from the standpoint of righteousness was a deplorable one, and Jeroboam was a veritable incarnation of evil. His method of warfare, as here recorded, was mean and despicable. To surprise a foe from ambush in the midst of conference is inexpressibly wicked.

II. The God of the nations is Himself seen acting, and the power of Jeroboam was broken utterly by the victory of Judah.

Illustration

Rehoboam was succeeded by his son Abijah, concerning whom we are told in the Book of Kings that he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father. The chronicler omits this unfavourable verdict; he does not indeed classify Abijah among the good kings by the usual formal statement, he did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah, but Abijah delivers a hortatory speech, and by Divine assistance obtains a great victory over Jeroboam. There is not a suggestion of any evil-doing on the part of Abijah; and yet we gather from the history of Asa that in Abijahs reign the cities of Judah were given up to idolatry.

Fuente: Church Pulpit Commentary

2Ch 13:2. His mothers name was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel

Called Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, 1Ki 15:2. She might be daughter to one, and grand-daughter to the other: or the proper and natural daughter of the one, and the others daughter by adoption.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

13:2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] {b} Michaiah the daughter of {c} Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

(b) Or Maacah, 1Ki 15:2.

(c) Called also Absalom, for Absalom was her grandfather, 1Ki 15:2.

Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes