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
והנה 2009 עמנו 5973 בראשׁ 7218 האלהים 430 וכהניו 3548 וחצצרות 2689 התרועה 8643 להריע 7321 עליכם 5921 בני 1121 ישׂראל 3478 אל 408 תלחמו 3898 עם 5973 יהוה 3068 אלהי 430 אבתיכם 1 כי 3588 לא 3808 תצליחו׃ 6743
