2 Chronicles 13:7

13:7 Lawless good-for-nothing men ¹  gathered around him and conspired ²  against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man ³  and could not resist them.

2 Chronicles 13:1

Abijah’s Reign

13:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

2 Chronicles 14:1

14:1 (13:23) ⁴  Abijah passed away ⁵  and was buried in the City of David. ⁶  His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign ⁷  the land had rest for ten years.

¹ tn Heb “empty men, sons of wickedness.”

² tn Heb “strengthened themselves.”

³ tn Heb “a young man and tender of heart.”

⁴ sn Beginning with 14:1, the verse numbers through 14:15 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 14:1 ET = 13:23 HT, 14:2 ET = 14:1 HT, 14:3 ET = 14:2 HT, etc., through 14:15 ET = 14:14 HT. Beginning with 15:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

⁵ tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”

⁶ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁷ tn Heb “in his days.”