hearkened: 1 Timothy 6:10; 2 Peter 2:15
his armies: Heb. armies which were his
Ijon: 1 Kings 15:20
Abelmaim: Abel-maim is called Abel-beth-maachah in 1 Kings 15:20, and elsewhere, on account of its belonging to the district of Beth-maachah.
the store cities: 2 Chronicles 8:6, 2 Chronicles 17:12; 1 Kings 9:19