2 Chronicles 10:12

10:12 Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, “Return to me on the third day.”

2 Chronicles 11:15

11:15 Jeroboam¹ appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers² and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made.³

2 Chronicles 13:2-3

13:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem.⁴ His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah.⁵

There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 13:3 Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors,⁶ while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors.⁷

2 Chronicles 13:13

13:13 Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind.⁸ The main army was in front of the Judahite army;⁹ the ambushers were behind it.

2 Chronicles 13:19

13:19 Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel¹⁰ and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.

¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²tn Heb “for the high places.”

³tn Heb “and for the goats and for the calves he had made.”

⁴map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵tn The parallel text in 1 Kgs 15:1 identifies his mother as “Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom” [=Absalom, 2 Chr 11:20). Although most English versions identify the mother’s father as Uriel of Gibeah, a number of English versions substitute the name “Maacah” here for the mother (e.g., NIV, NCV, CEV, NLT).

⁶tn Heb “and Abijah bound [i.e., began] the battle with a force of warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men.”

⁷tn Heb “and Jeroboam arranged with him [for] battle with eight hundred thousand chosen men, strong warrior[s].”

⁸tn Heb “and Jeroboam had caused to circle around an ambush to come from behind them.”

⁹tn Heb “Judah.”

¹⁰map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.