2 Chronicles 13:20-21

13:20 Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. ¹  The Lord struck him down and he died. 13:21 Abijah’s power grew; he had ²  fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

2 Chronicles 3:1

The Building of the Temple

3:1 Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem ³  on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan ⁴  the Jebusite.

[13:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and the strength of Jeroboam was not retained again in the days of Abijah.”

[13:21]  ² tn Heb “lifted up for himself.”

[3:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:1]  ⁴ tn In 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (“Aravna”; traditionally “Araunah”). The form of the name found here also occurs in 1 Chr 21:15; 18-28.