John Gill Commentary 2 Chronicles 13:20

"Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and Jehovah smote him, and he died." — 2 Chronicles 13:20 (ASV)

Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of
Abijah
So as to bring an army into the field against him, and fight him:

and the Lord struck him ;
by some Jewish writers ^F1 , this is interpreted of Abijah; and the reason of his being stricken, they say, was because he did not destroy the calf when he took Bethel; but it is best to understand it of Jeroboam, since Abijah is afterwards said to wax mighty:

and he died ;
not immediately, for he lived two years after Abijah, (1 Kings 14:20) (15:9) , but continued under a lingering disease he was smitten with, and which issued in his death.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F1: Bereshit Rabba, sect. 65. fol. 58. 8. Seder Olam Rabba, c. 16.