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2 Chronicles 13:22 Explained in Context
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Verse 22. 22And 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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Quick Meaning
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Abijah gains towns and dies.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 13:19–22
Read 2 Chronicles 13:22 with 13:19–22. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Abijah takes Bethel and other towns, Jeroboam never recovers strength, Abijah's household grows, and prophetic records are cited at his death.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Abijah gains towns and dies,” 2 Chronicles 13:22 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The close converts a momentary battlefield outcome into territorial and dynastic consequences without narrating a flawless king. 2 Chronicles 13:13–18 has just established this prior movement: Jeroboam surrounds Judah, Judah cries to God, priests sound trumpets, Israel flees, and the narrator reports an enormous death toll and Judahite victory through reliance on God. Together those details explain why “Abijah gains towns and dies” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 2 Chronicles 13:19–22 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 13:19–22 forms the complete movement “Abijah gains towns and dies”: Abijah takes Bethel and other towns, Jeroboam never recovers strength, Abijah's household grows, and prophetic records are cited at his death.
Verse 19. 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
Verse 20. 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
Verse 21. 21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
Verse 22. 22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
What Remains True
Reform, prayer, victory, and prosperity never remove the need to hear correction, protect dissenters, reject coercion, and respond responsibly to illness and failure. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Abijah takes Bethel and other towns, Jeroboam never recovers strength, Abijah's household grows, and prophetic records are cited at his death. In 2 Chronicles 13:22, the concrete line “And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the….” Test reform and success by truthfulness, noncoercion, protection of critics, and responsible care; do not turn victory, wealth, or illness into a formula about someone's faith. This response follows from the unit's own movement: Abijah takes Bethel and other towns, Jeroboam never recovers strength, Abijah's household grows, and prophetic records are cited at his death.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 2 Chronicles 13:19–22, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 13:19–22
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NET Bible Full Notes: 2 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 2 Chronicles 13:19–22, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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