King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Now in the eighteenth[H8083] [H6240] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Jeroboam[H3379] began Abijah[H29] to reign[H4427] over[H5921] Judah.[H3063]

2. He reigned[H4427] three[H7969] years[H8141] in Jerusalem.[H3389] His mother's[H517] name[H8034] also was Michaiah[H4322] the daughter[H1323] of Uriel[H222] of[H4480] Gibeah.[H1390] And there was[H1961] war[H4421] between[H996] Abijah[H29] and Jeroboam.[H3379]

3. And Abijah[H29] set[H631] [H853] the battle[H4421] in array with an army[H2428] of valiant men[H1368] of war,[H4421] even four[H702] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] chosen[H977] men:[H376] Jeroboam[H3379] also set the battle in array[H6186] [H4421] against[H5973] him with eight[H8083] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] chosen[H977] men,[H376] being mighty men[H1368] of valor.[H2428]

4. And Abijah[H29] stood up[H6965] upon[H4480] [H5921] mount[H2022] Zemaraim,[H6787] which[H834] is in mount[H2022] Ephraim,[H669] and said,[H559] Hear[H8085] me, thou Jeroboam,[H3379] and all[H3605] Israel;[H3478]

5. Ought ye not[H3808] to know[H3045] that[H3588] the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of Israel[H3478] gave[H5414] the kingdom[H4467] over[H5921] Israel[H3478] to David[H1732] forever,[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] is risen up,[H6965] and hath rebelled[H4775] against[H5921] his lord.[H113]

7. And there are gathered[H6908] unto[H5921] him vain[H7386] men,[H376] the children[H1121] of Belial,[H1100] and have strengthened themselves[H553] against[H5921] Rehoboam[H7346] the son[H1121] of Solomon,[H8010] when Rehoboam[H7346] was[H1961] young[H5288] and tenderhearted,[H7390] [H3824] and could not[H3808] withstand[H2388] [H6440] them.

8. And now[H6258] ye[H859] think[H559] to withstand[H2388] the kingdom[H4467] of the LORD[H3068] in the hand[H3027] of the sons[H1121] of David;[H1732] and ye[H859] be a great[H7227] multitude,[H1995] and there are with[H5973] you golden[H2091] calves,[H5695] which[H834] Jeroboam[H3379] made[H6213] you for gods.[H430]

9. Have ye not[H3808] cast out[H5080] [H853] the priests[H3548] of the LORD,[H3068] [H853] the sons[H1121] of Aaron,[H175] and the Levites,[H3881] and have made[H6213] you priests[H3548] after the manner of the nations[H5971] of other lands?[H776] so that whosoever[H3605] cometh[H935] to consecrate[H4390] [H3027] himself with a young[H1121] [H1241] bullock[H6499] and seven[H7651] rams,[H352] the same may be[H1961] a priest[H3548] of them that are no[H3808] gods.[H430]

10. But as for us,[H587] the LORD[H3068] is our God,[H430] and we have not[H3808] forsaken[H5800] him; and the priests,[H3548] which minister[H8334] unto the LORD,[H3068] are the sons[H1121] of Aaron,[H175] and the Levites[H3881] wait upon their business: [H4399]

11. And they burn[H6999] unto the LORD[H3068] every morning[H1242] [H1242] and every evening[H6153] [H6153] burnt sacrifices[H5930] and sweet[H5561] incense:[H7004] the shewbread[H3899] [H4635] also set they in order upon[H5921] the pure[H2889] table;[H7979] and the candlestick[H4501] of gold[H2091] with the lamps[H5216] thereof, to burn[H1197] every evening:[H6153] [H6153] for[H3588] we[H587] keep[H8104] [H853] the charge[H4931] of the LORD[H3068] our God;[H430] but ye[H859] have forsaken[H5800] him.

12. And, behold,[H2009] God[H430] himself is with[H5973] us for our captain,[H7218] and his priests[H3548] with sounding[H8643] trumpets[H2689] to cry alarm[H7321] against[H5921] you. O children[H1121] of Israel,[H3478] fight[H3898] ye not[H408] against[H5973] the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of your fathers;[H1] for[H3588] ye shall not[H3808] prosper.[H6743]

13. But Jeroboam[H3379] caused[H5437] [H853] an ambushment[H3993] to come about[H935] behind[H4480] [H310] them: so they were[H1961] before[H6440] Judah,[H3063] and the ambushment[H3993] was behind[H4480] [H310] them.

14. And when Judah[H3063] looked back,[H6437] behold,[H2009] the battle[H4421] was before[H6440] and behind:[H268] and they cried[H6817] unto the LORD,[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,[H1961] that God[H430] smote[H5062] [H853] Jeroboam[H3379] and all[H3605] Israel[H3478] before[H6440] Abijah[H29] and Judah.[H3063]

16. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] fled[H5127] before[H4480] [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[H4480] [H3478] five[H2568] hundred[H3967] thousand[H505] chosen[H977] men.[H376]

18. Thus the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] were brought under[H3665] at that[H1931] time,[H6256] and the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] prevailed,[H553] because[H3588] they relied[H8172] upon[H5921] the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of their fathers.[H1]

19. And Abijah[H29] pursued[H7291] after[H310] Jeroboam,[H3379] and took[H3920] cities[H5892] from[H4480] him,[H853] Bethel[H1008] with[H854] the towns[H1323] thereof, and Jeshanah[H3466] with[H854] the towns[H1323] thereof, and Ephrain[H6085] with the towns[H1323] thereof.

20. Neither[H3808] did Jeroboam[H3379] recover[H6113] strength[H3581] again[H5750] in the days[H3117] of Abijah:[H29] and the LORD[H3068] struck[H5062] him, and he died.[H4191]

21. But Abijah[H29] waxed mighty,[H2388] and married[H5375] fourteen[H702] [H6240] wives,[H802] and begot[H3205] twenty[H6242] and two[H8147] sons,[H1121] and sixteen[H8337] [H6240] 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 story[H4097] of the prophet[H5030] Iddo.[H5714]