2 Chronicles 13:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

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  • 2 Chr 12:16 : 16 And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.
  • 1 Kgs 15:1-8 : 1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. 2 For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. 3 And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father. 4 But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe; 5 Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and never in all his life went against his orders, but only in the question of Uriah the Hittite. 6 ... 7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.

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  • 1 Kgs 15:1-2
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    1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

    2For three years he was king in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 2 Chr 13:2-4
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    84%

    2He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

    3And Abijah went out to the fight with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand of his best men; and Jeroboam put his forces in line against him, eight hundred thousand of his best men of war.

    4And Abijah took up his position on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Give ear to me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:

  • 2 Kgs 15:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1In the twenty-seventh year of the rule of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah, son of Amaziah, became king of Judah.

    2He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for fifty-two years; his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 14:1
    79%

    1At that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became ill.

  • 1 Kgs 15:7-9
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    77%

    7Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

    8Then Abijam went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David: and Asa his son became king in his place.

    9In the twentieth year that Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 14:23
    77%

    23In the fifteenth year of the rule of Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, ruling for forty-one years.

  • 2 Chr 13:15
    76%

    15And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 2 Chr 13:18-22
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    76%

    18So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

    19And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.

    20And Jeroboam did not get back his power again in the life-time of Abijah; and the Lord sent death on him.

    21But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

    22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his sayings, are recorded in the account of the prophet Iddo.

  • 2 Kgs 8:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

    25In the twelfth year that Joram, the son of Ahab, was king of Israel, Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, became king;

    26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri, king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 3:1
    76%

    1And Jehoram, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; and he was king for twelve years.

  • 1 Kgs 22:41
    75%

    41And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab's rule over Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 16:1
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    1In the seventeenth year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 9:29
    74%

    29(In the eleventh year of the rule of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.)

  • 1 Kgs 22:51
    74%

    51Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years.

  • 1 Kgs 15:25
    74%

    25Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, became king over Israel in the second year that Asa was king of Judah; and he was king of Israel for two years.

  • 2 Kgs 18:1-2
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    1Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, became king of Judah.

    2He was twenty-five years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

  • 2 Kgs 13:1
    74%

    1In the twenty-third year of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for seventeen years.

  • 2 Chr 14:1
    73%

    1So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.

  • 2 Kgs 8:16-17
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    73%

    16In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, became king.

    17He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

  • 1 Kgs 16:29
    73%

    29In the thirty-eighth year that Asa was king of Judah, Ahab, the son of Omri, became king over Israel; and Ahab was king in Samaria for twenty-two years.

  • 2 Kgs 15:32
    73%

    32In the second year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham, the son of Uzziah, became king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 14:1
    72%

    1In the second year of Joash, son of Joahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah, the son of Joash, became king of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 12:16
    72%

    16And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 29:1
    72%

    1Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

  • 1 Kgs 14:20
    71%

    20And Jeroboam was king for twenty-two years, and was put to rest with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 13:10
    71%

    10In the thirty-seventh year of the rule of Joash, king of Judah, Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for sixteen years.

  • 2 Kgs 15:8
    70%

    8In the thirty-eighth year of Azaliah, king of Judah, Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, was king over Israel for six months.

  • Matt 1:7
    70%

    7And the son of Solomon was Rehoboam; and the son of Rehoboam was Abijah; and the son of Abijah was Asa;

  • 2 Kgs 15:17
    70%

    17In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah, king of Judah, Menahem, the son of Gadi, became king over Israel, and was ruling in Samaria for ten years.

  • 2 Chr 34:1
    70%

    1Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

  • Judg 9:22
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    22So Abimelech was chief over Israel for three years.

  • 1 Kgs 15:33
    70%

    33In the third year of the rule of Asa, king of Judah, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and was king for twenty-four years.

  • 2 Chr 22:1
    69%

    1And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.

  • 2 Chr 21:5
    69%

    5Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years.

  • 2 Kgs 22:1
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    1Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

  • 2 Chr 11:17
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    17So they went on increasing the power of the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, strong for three years; and for three years they went in the ways of David and Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 16:23
    69%

    23In the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and he was king for twelve years; for six years he was ruling in Tirzah.