2Chronicles:13

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* In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam , Abijah began to reign over Judah . * He reigned three years in Jerusalem . And the name of his mother was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel , from Gibeah . And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam . * And Abijah joined the battle with an army of mighty men of war , four hundred thousand chosen men . And Jeroboam had set the battle in order with him , with eight hundred thousand chosen men , mighty men of valor . * And Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim in the hills of Ephraim , and said , Hear me , Jeroboam and all Israel . * Do you not know that Jehovah the God of Israel has given the kingdom to David over Israel forever , to him and to his sons , a covenant of salt ? * And Jeroboam the son of Nebat , Solomon 's servant , the son of David has risen up and rebelled against his lord . * And vain men gathered to him , sons of worthlessness , and they made themselves strong against Rehoboam the son of Solomon ; and Rehoboam was a youth and tender of heart , and could not be strong against them . * And now you think to be strong against the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David And you are a great host ; yea , with you are calves of gold that Jeroboam has made as gods to you . * Have you not thrown out the priests of Jehovah , the sons of Aaron , and the Levites , and have made priests to yourselves like the peoples of the lands ? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a bullock , a son of the herd , and seven rams , even he becomes a priest to no gods . * As for us , Jehovah is our God , and we have not forsaken Him ; yea , priests are serving Jehovah , the sons of Aaron and the Levites , in the work , * and are offering to Jehovah burnt offerings morning by morning , and evening by evening , and sweet incense , and the Bread of Arrangement on the pure table , and the golden lampstand and its lamps , to burn evening by evening . For we are keeping the charge of Jehovah our God . And surely you have forsaken Him . * And , behold , God is with us at our head , and His priests , and the trumpets , the signal to sound for battle against you . O sons of Israel , do not fight with Jehovah , the God of your fathers , for you shall not prosper . * But Jeroboam had made the ambush circle to come in behind them , and they were before Judah , and the ambush was behind them . * And Judah turned . And , behold , the battle was against them before and behind . And they cried to Jehovah , and the priests were blowing with trumpets . * And the men of Judah shouted . And it was , at the shouting of the men of Judah , God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah . * And the sons of Israel fled from the face of Judah , and God gave them into their hand . * And Abijah and his people struck them with a great blow , and five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell slain . * And the sons of Israel were humbled at that time , and the sons of Judah were strong . For they leaned on Jehovah the God of their fathers . * And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured cities from him : Bethel and its villages , and Jeshanah and its villages , and Ephrain and its villages . * And Jeroboam did not regain power any more in Abijah 's days . And Jehovah struck him , and he died . * And Abijah became mighty , and he took fourteen wives to himself . And he fathered twenty two sons and sixteen daughters . * And the rest of the acts of Abijah , and his ways , and his words , are written in the inquiry of the prophet Iddo .

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