For the Sake of My Servant
We begin to enter a period of 2 Chronicles where the testimony of Israel's past seems to be whitewashed concerning the kings of Judah, the southern kingdom of Israel. Where the books of 1 & 2 Kings reveal spiritually dark times, the Chronicler finds the light still shining. The first example of this is the reign of Abjiah (In 1 Kings he's named Abijam). 2 Chronicles 13:1 (ESV) In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah. One of Abijah's first experiences is a war with the North under Jeroboam. And in the midst of dark prospects, Abijah stands up to address the nation. 2 Chronicles 13:4–8 (ESV) Then Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim that is in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel! 5 Ought you not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt? 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelle...