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
הלא 3808 הדחתם 5080 את 853 כהני 3548 יהוה 3068 את 853 בני 1121 אהרן 175 והלוים 3881 ותעשׂו 6213 לכם כהנים 3548 כעמי 5971 הארצות 776 כל 3605 הבא 935 למלא 4390 ידו 3027 בפר 6499 בן 1121 בקר 1241 ואילם 352 שׁבעה 7651 והיה 1961 כהן 3548 ללא 3808 אלהים׃ 430
