Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
My Notes
Commentary
Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Gill's Exposition
But Abijah waxed mighty,.... In his kingdom, increasing in riches and numbers, power and authority, and in his family:
and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons and sixteen…
Barnes' Notes
Jeroboam’s death was a judgment upon him for his sins. Chronologically speaking, his death is here out of place, for he outlived Abijah at least two years (compare the marginal reference and 1Ki…
Adam Clarke
The Lord struck him, and he died - Who died? Abijah or Jeroboam? Some think it was Jeroboam; some, that it was Abijah. Both rabbins and Christians are divided on this point; nor is it yet settled. The…
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
the Lord struck him, and he died The same phrase is used of the death of Nabal (1Sa 25:38); it implies suddenness or some other unusual circumstance (cp. Act 12:13, the death of Herod Agrippa). In 1Ki…
Cross References
Related passages throughout Scripture