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2 Chronicles 13:7

in 2 Chronicles 13

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV

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.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 13

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 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.

This site's exposition

is risen up, and hath rebelled

on 2 Chronicles 13:6-7

Abijah names Jeroboam Solomon's servant before naming him king, Gill notes, a title chosen to shame a man he still calls a rebel against his lord. The charge against the men who backed Jeroboam, vain men, the children of Belial, falls on the moment Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted and could not withstand them, a phrase Clarke reads as evidence Rehoboam was younger at his accession than some had reckoned. Abijah's speech lays the schism on Jeroboam's opportunism and Rehoboam's inexperience together, not on any fault of Judah's own.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And there are gathered unto him vain men,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

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.

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּand they gathered

    vaiyikavetzuH6908127 times

  • עָלָ֗יוto him

    ʾalavH59215755 times

  • אֲנָשִׁ֤יםmen

    ʾanashimH582566 times

  • רֵקִים֙empty

    rekimH7386

  • בְּנֵ֣יsons of

    beneiH11214930 times

  • בְלִיַּ֔עַלworthlessness

    veliyaalH1100

  • וַיִּֽתְאַמְּצ֖וּand they proved themselves strong

    vaiyitametzuH55341 times

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • רְחַבְעָ֣םRehoboam

    rechavamH734650 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֑הSolomon

    shelomohH8010291 times

  • וּרְחַבְעָ֗םand Rehoboam

    urechavamH734650 times

  • הָ֤יָהhe was

    hayahH19613559 times

  • נַ֙עַר֙a young man

    naarH5288

  • וְרַךְ־and weak of

    verakh-H7390

  • לֵבָ֔בheart

    levavH3824252 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H38085168 times

  • הִתְחַזַּ֖קhe showed himself strong

    hitchazakH2388291 times

  • לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃<to> before them

    lifneihemH64402123 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Corinthians 14:20

    Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

    it 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.

    it 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.”

    it 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…

    it 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…

About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).