And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
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Gill's Exposition
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah,.... So as to bring an army into the field against him, and fight him:
and the Lord struck him; by some Jewish writers (a), this is…
Barnes' Notes
Jeshanah is probably identical with the “Isanas” of Josephus, where a battle took place in the war between Antigonus and Herod; but its situation cannot be fixed. For Ephrain, see Jos 18:23 note.
Adam Clarke
Beth-el - "Beth-lehem." - Targum.
Jeshanah - We know not where these towns lay.
We do not find that Jeroboam offered to make any answer at all to Abijah's speech. Though it was much to the purpose, he resolved not to heed it, and therefore he heard it as though he heard it not.…
Cambridge Bible
Beth-el Beth-el was apparently subsequently recovered by the Northern Kingdom; cp. 2Ki 10:29. Nothing is said, be it noted, of the capture of the golden calf. It may have been removed for safety…
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