strkjv@2Chronicles:13:2
@ He
reigned
three
years
in
Jerusalem
. His
mothers
name
also was
Michaiah
the
daughter
of
Uriel
of
Gibeah
. And there was
war
between
Abijah
and
Jeroboam
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:3
@ And
Abijah
set
the
battle
in
array
with an
army
of valiant
men
of
war
, even
four
hundred
thousand
chosen
men
:
Jeroboam
also set the
battle
in
array
against him with
eight
hundred
thousand
chosen
men
, being mighty
men
of
valour
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:4
@ And
Abijah
stood
up
upon
mount
Zemaraim
, which is in
mount
Ephraim
, and
said
,
Hear
me, thou
Jeroboam
, and all
Israel
;
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:5
@ Ought ye not to
know
that the
LORD
God
of
Israel
gave
the
kingdom
over
Israel
to
David
for
ever
, even to him and to his
sons
by a
covenant
of
salt
?
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:6
@ Yet
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
, the
servant
of
Solomon
the
son
of
David
, is risen
up
, and hath
rebelled
against his
lord
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:7
@ And there are
gathered
unto him
vain
men
, the
children
of
Belial
b@, and have
strengthened
themselves against
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon
, when
Rehoboam
was
young
and
tenderhearted
, and could not
withstand
them
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:8
@ And now ye
think
to
withstand
the
kingdom
of the
LORD
in the
hand
of the
sons
of
David
; and ye be a
great
multitude
, and there are with you
golden
calves
, which
Jeroboam
made
you for
gods
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:9
@ Have ye not cast
out
the
priests
of the
LORD
, the
sons
of
Aaron
, and the
Levites
, and have
made
you
priests
after the manner of the
nations
of other
lands
? so that whosoever
cometh
to
consecrate
himself with a
young
bullock
and
seven
rams
, the same may be a
priest
of them that are
no
gods
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:10
@ But as for us, the
LORD
is our
God
, and we have not
forsaken
him; and the
priests
, which
minister
unto the
LORD
, are the
sons
of
Aaron
, and the
Levites
wait upon their
business
m@:
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:11
@ And they
burn
unto the
LORD
every
morning
and every
evening
burnt
sacrifices
and
sweet
incense
: the
shewbread
also set they in order upon the
pure
table
; and the
candlestick
of
gold
with the
lamps
thereof, to
burn
every
evening
: for we
keep
the
charge
of the
LORD
our
God
; but ye have
forsaken
him.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:12
@ And, behold,
God
himself is with us for our
captain
, and his
priests
with
sounding
trumpets
to cry
alarm
against you. O
children
of
Israel
,
fight
ye not against the
LORD
God
of your
fathers
; for ye shall not
prosper
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:13
@ But
Jeroboam
caused an
ambushment
to
come
about
behind
them: so they were
before
Judah
, and the
ambushment
was
behind
them.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:14
@ And when
Judah
looked
back
, behold, the
battle
was
before
and
behind
: and they
cried
unto the
LORD
, and the
priests
sounded
with the
trumpets
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:15
@ Then the
men
of
Judah
gave a
shout
: and as the
men
of
Judah
shouted
, it came to pass, that
God
smote
Jeroboam
and all
Israel
before
Abijah
and
Judah
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:16
@ And the
children
of
Israel
fled
before
Judah
: and
God
delivered
them into their
hand
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:17
@ And
Abijah
and his
people
slew
them with a
great
slaughter
: so there fell
down
slain
of
Israel
five
hundred
thousand
chosen
men
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:18
@ Thus the
children
of
Israel
were
brought
under at that
time
, and the
children
of
Judah
prevailed
, because they
relied
upon the
LORD
God
of their
fathers
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:19
@ And
Abijah
pursued
after
Jeroboam
, and
took
cities
from him,
Bethel
Beyth- with the
towns
thereof, and
Jeshanah
with the
towns
thereof, and
Ephrain
with the
towns
thereof.
strkjv@2Chronicles:13:20
@ Neither did
Jeroboam
recover
strength
again in the
days
of
Abijah
: and the
LORD
struck
him, and he
died
.
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