2 Chronicles 9:26
Context9:26 He ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River 1 to the land of the Philistines as far as the border of Egypt.
2 Chronicles 13:2
Context13:2 He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. 2 His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. 3
There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
1 tn Heb “the River.” In biblical Hebrew the Euphrates River was typically referred to simply as “the River.”
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tn 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).