Text: 2 Chronicles 13:6
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 11:26-40
Subject: Abijah denounces Jeroboam's rebellion
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: In his battle speech, Abijah characterizes Jeroboam as a "servant" (eved) of Solomon who "rose up and rebelled against his master" (2 Chr 13:6). This alludes to 1 Kings 11:26-40, which narrates how Jeroboam, an Ephraimite officer over Solomon's forced labor, received Ahijah's prophecy about ruling ten tribes and subsequently fled to Egypt. The Chronicler puts this historical reference in Abijah's mouth to delegitimize Jeroboam's dynasty: the northern kingdom began not from divine initiative (in the Chronicler's telling) but from servile rebellion, contrasting with Judah's divinely established Davidic covenant.