2 Chronicles 13:7 BSB

2 Chronicles 13:7

Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

BSB

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ASV

And there were gathered unto him worthless men, base fellows, that strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.

KJV

And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

When Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted - Therefore he could not be forty-one when he came to the throne; see the note on 2Ch 13:3. Children of Belial here signifies men of the most abandoned principles and characters; or men without consideration, education, or brains.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Abijah stood up upon Mount Zemaraim--He had entered the enemy's territory and was encamped on an eminence near Beth-el (Jos 18:22). Jeroboam's army lay at the foot of the hill, and as a pitched battle was expected, Abijah, according to the singular usage of ancient times, harangued the enemy.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ	vai.yi.ka.ve.Tzu	and they gathered	H6908 →
עָלָ֗יו	'a.Lav	to him	H5921 →
אֲנָשִׁ֤ים	'a.na.Shim	men	H582 →
רֵקִים֙	re.Kim	empty	H7386 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	sons of	H1121 →
בְלִיַּ֔עַל	ve.li.Ya.'al	worthlessness	H1100 →
וַיִּֽתְאַמְּצ֖וּ	vai.yit.'a.me.Tzu	and they proved themselves strong	H553 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
רְחַבְעָ֣ם	re.chav.'Am	Rehoboam	H7346 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
וּרְחַבְעָ֗ם	u.re.chav.'Am	and Rehoboam	H7346 →
הָ֤יָה	Ha.yah	he was	H1961 →
נַ֙עַר֙	na.'ar	a young man	H5288 →
וְרַךְ־	ve.rakh-	and weak of	H7390 →
לֵבָ֔ב	le.Vav	heart	H3824 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
הִתְחַזַּ֖ק	hit.cha.Zak	he showed himself strong	H2388 →
לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃	lif.nei.Hem	<to> before them	H6440 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:2
  Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
- 1 Corinthians 13:11
  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
- Romans 16:19
  Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
- Matthew 18:3
  “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
- 1 Corinthians 2:6
  Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
Through
Judges 9:4
So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
leads to
- Judges 8:33
  And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
Through
1 Kings 21:10
But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
leads to
- Exodus 22:28
  You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
Through
2 Chronicles 12:13
Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of…
leads to
- 1 Kings 14:21
  Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes…

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06About 2 Chronicles

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