ASV_Strong : 2 Chronicles 13
1. In the eighteenth[H8083] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Jeroboam[H3379] began Abijah[H29] to reign[H4427] over Judah[H3063].
2. Three[H7969] years[H8141] reigned[H4427] he in Jerusalem[H3389]: and his mother[H517]'s name[H8034] was Micaiah[H4322] the daughter[H1323] of Uriel[H222] of Gibeah[H1390]. And there was war[H4421] between Abijah[H29] and Jeroboam[H3379].
3. And Abijah[H29] joined[H631] battle[H4421] with[H631] an army[H2428] of valiant men[H1368] of war[H4421], even four[H702] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] chosen[H977] men[H1368]: and Jeroboam[H3379] set the battle[H4421] in array[H6186] against him with eight[H8083] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] chosen[H977] men[H376], who were mighty men[H376] of valor[H2428].
4. And Abijah[H29] stood up[H6965] upon mount[H2022] Zemaraim[H6787], which is in the hill-country[H2022] of Ephraim[H669], and said[H559], Hear[H8085] me[H3379], O Jeroboam and all Israel[H3478]:
5. Ought ye not to know[H3045] that Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], gave[H5414] the kingdom[H4467] over Israel[H3478] to David[H1732] for ever[H5769], even to him and to his sons[H1121] by a covenant[H1285] of salt[H4417]?
6. Yet Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], the servant[H5650] of Solomon[H8010] the son[H1121] of David[H1732], rose up[H6965], and rebelled[H4775] against his lord[H113].
7. And there were gathered[H6908] unto him worthless[H1100] men[H582], base[H1100] fellows[H1121], that strengthened[H553] themselves against Rehoboam[H7346] the son[H1121] of Solomon[H8010], when Rehoboam[H7346] was young[H5288] and tender-hearted[H7390], and could not withstand[H2388] them[H6440].
8. And now ye think[H559] to withstand[H2388] the kingdom[H6440] of Jehovah[H3068] in the hand[H3027] of the sons[H1121] of David[H1732]; and ye are a great[H7227] multitude[H1995], and there are with you the golden[H2091] calves[H5695] which Jeroboam[H3379] made[H6213] you for gods[H430].
9. Have ye not driven out[H5080] the priests[H3548] of Jehovah[H3068], the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175], and the Levites[H3881], and made[H6213] you priests[H3548] after the manner of the peoples[H5971] of other lands[H776]? so that whosoever cometh[H935] to consecrate[H4390] himself with a young[H1121] bullock[H6499] and seven[H7651] rams[H352], the same may be a priest[H3548] of them that are no[H3808] gods[H430].
10. But as for us[H3068], Jehovah is our God[H430], and we have not forsaken[H5800] him[H3548]; and we have priests ministering[H8334] unto Jehovah[H3068], the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175], and the Levites[H3881] in their work[H4399]:
11. and they burn[H6999] unto Jehovah[H3068] every morning[H1242] and every evening[H6153] burnt-offerings[H5930] and sweet[H5561] incense[H7004]: the showbread[H3899] also set they in order upon the pure[H2889] table[H7979]; and the candlestick[H4501] of gold[H2091] with the lamps[H5216] thereof[H1197], to burn every evening[H6153]: for we keep[H8104] the charge[H4931] of Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430]; but ye have forsaken him[H5800].
12. And[H430], behold, God is with us at our head[H7218], and his priests[H3548] with the trumpets[H2689] of alarm[H7321] to sound an alarm[H7321] against you[H1121]. O children of Israel[H3478], fight[H3898] ye not against Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of your fathers[H1]; for ye shall not prosper[H6743].
13. But Jeroboam[H3379] caused an ambushment[H3993] to come[H935] about[H5437] behind[H310] them[H6440]: so they were before Judah[H3063], and the ambushment[H3993] was behind them[H310].
14. And when Judah[H3063] looked back[H6437], behold[H4421], the battle was before[H6440] and behind[H268] them[H6817]; and they cried unto Jehovah[H3068], and the priests[H3548] sounded[H2690] with the trumpets[H2689].
15. Then the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] gave a shout[H7321]: and as the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] shouted[H7321], it came to pass[H430], that God smote[H5062] Jeroboam[H3379] and all Israel[H3478] before[H6440] Abijah[H29] and Judah[H3063].
16. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] fled[H5127] before[H6440] Judah[H3063]; and God[H430] delivered[H5414] them into their hand[H3027].
17. And Abijah[H29] and his people[H5971] slew[H5221] them with a great[H7227] slaughter[H4347]: so there fell down[H5307] slain[H2491] of Israel[H3478] five[H2568] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] chosen[H977] men[H376].
18. Thus the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] were brought[H3665] under at that time[H6256], and the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] prevailed[H553], because they relied[H8172] upon Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of their fathers[H1].
19. And Abijah[H29] pursued[H7291] after[H310] Jeroboam[H3379], and took[H3920] cities[H5892] from him[H1008], Beth-el with the towns[H1323] thereof[H3466], and Jeshanah with the towns[H1323] thereof[H6085], and Ephron with the towns thereof[H1323].
20. Neither did Jeroboam[H3379] recover[H6113] strength[H3581] again in the days[H3117] of Abijah[H29]: and Jehovah[H3068] smote[H5062] him[H4191], and he died.
21. But Abijah[H29] waxed mighty[H2388], and took[H5375] unto himself fourteen[H702] wives[H802], and begat[H3205] twenty[H6242] and two[H8147] sons[H1121], and sixteen[H8337] daughters[H1323].
22. And the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Abijah[H29], and his ways[H1870], and his sayings[H1697], are written[H3789] in the commentary[H4097] of the prophet[H5030] Iddo[H5714].
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