2 Chronicles 13:22
in 2 Chronicles 13Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.
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And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
KJV
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 13
Commentary
6 notes on this verseWritten in the story - במדרש bemidrash, “in the commentary;” this, as far as I recollect, is the first place where a midrash or commentary is mentioned. The margin is right. His ways, and his sayings - The commentary of the prophet Iddo is lost. What his sayings were we cannot tell; but from the specimen in this chapter, he appears to have been a very able speaker, and one who knew well how to make the best use of his argument.
This site's exposition
married fourteen wives
on 2 Chronicles 13:21-22
Abijah “married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters”. Gill notes that most were born before his three-year reign began. The source, “the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo”, uses the Hebrew word midrash, and Clarke calls it the word's first appearance in the Bible.
This site's exposition
the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo
The word rendered Treatise is midrash, which Clarke translates as commentary, and the acts of Abijah are written there. Clarke adds that the commentary of Iddo is lost, and from the speech Abijah made he judges him a very able speaker. Henry observes that death soon conquered the conqueror.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
But the number of his months was cut off in the midst, and, soon after his triumphs, death conquered the conqueror. Perhaps he was too much lifted up with his victories, and therefore God would not let him live long to enjoy the honour of them.
4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 5 Ought ye not to know that the L ORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
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And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,.... Not only his warlike actions, and his course of life, but some remarkable sayings of his, he being a man of wisdom and eloquence, as his above speech shows: are written in the story of the prophet Iddo; who might write the history of his own times; see 1Ki 15:7.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ | veyeter | and [the] rest of | H3499 → | 102 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֣י | divrei | [the] matters of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲבִיָּ֔ה | ʾaviyah | Abijah | H29 → | 25 times |
| וּדְרָכָ֖יו | uderakhav | and ways his | H1870 → | 707 times |
| וּדְבָרָ֑יו | udevarav | and words his | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| כְּתוּבִ֕ים | ketuvim | [are] written | H3789 → | 224 times |
| בְּמִדְרַ֖שׁ | bemidrash | in [the] record of | H4097 → | |
| הַנָּבִ֥יא | hanavi' | the prophet | H5030 → | 314 times |
| עִדּֽוֹ׃ | ido | Iddo | H5714 → |
וְיֶ֙תֶר֙and [the] rest of
veyeterH3499 →102 times
דִּבְרֵ֣י[the] matters of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
אֲבִיָּ֔הAbijah
ʾaviyahH29 →25 times
וּדְרָכָ֖יוand ways his
uderakhavH1870 →707 times
וּדְבָרָ֑יוand words his
udevaravH1697 →1440 times
כְּתוּבִ֕ים[are] written
ketuvimH3789 →224 times
בְּמִדְרַ֖שׁin [the] record of
bemidrashH4097 →
הַנָּבִ֥יאthe prophet
hanavi'H5030 →314 times
עִדּֽוֹ׃Iddo
idoH5714 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 12:15Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 9:29
As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 12:5
Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken…
- 1 Kings 12:22
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
- 2 Chronicles 9:29
Through
2 Chronicles 9:29As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 29:29
Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
- 1 Kings 11:29
During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them…
- 1 Kings 11:41–43
As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?
- 2 Chronicles 12:15
Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and…
- 2 Samuel 12:1
Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
- 1 Chronicles 29:29
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.