The history of Abijah’s reign is recorded here in much greater detail than in the book of Kings, especially regarding his war with Jeroboam.

Now. —Not in the Hebrew. The verse is nearly identical with the parallel in Kings.

Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam began Abijah to
reign over Judah.] (See Gill on [Reference 1 Kings 1…

Jeroboam and his people, through apostasy and idolatry, deserved the severe punishment Abijah was permitted to inflict upon them. It appears from A…