Matthew Henry Commentary
Abijah overcomes Jeroboam. --Jeroboam and his people, by apostacy and idolatry, merited the sever punishment Abijah was permitted to execute upon them. It appears from the character of Abijah, 1Ki 15:3, that he was not himself trul religious, yet he encouraged himself from the religion of his people It is common for those that deny the power of godliness, to boast of the form of it. Many that have little religion themselves, value it is others. But it was true that there were numbers of pious worshippers in Judah, and that theirs was the more righteous cause. In their distress when danger was on every side, which way should they look for deliverance unless upward? It is an unspeakable comfort, that our wa thither is always open. They cried unto the Lord. Earnest prayer is crying. To the cry of prayer they added the shout of faith, and becam more than conquerors. Jeroboam escaped the sword of Abijah, but God struck him; there is no escaping his sword __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ומקטרים 6999 ליהוה 3068 עלות 5930 בבקר 1242 בבקר 1242 ובערב 6153 בערב 6153 וקטרת 7004 סמים 5561 ומערכת 4635 לחם 3899 על 5921 השׁלחן 7979 הטהור 2889 ומנורת 4501 הזהב 2091 ונרתיה 5216 לבער 1197 בערב 6153 בערב 6153 כי 3588 שׁמרים 8104 אנחנו 587 את 853 משׁמרת 4931 יהוה 3068 אלהינו 430 ואתם 859 עזבתם 5800 אתו׃ 853
