2Chronicles:13

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ylt @2Chronicles:13:1 @In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam -- Abijah reigneth over Judah ; ylt @2Chronicles:13:2 @three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem , (and the name of his mother [is ] Michaiah daughter of Uriel , from Gibeah ,) and war hath been between Abijah and Jeroboam . ylt @2Chronicles:13:3 @And Abijah directeth the war with a force of mighty men of war , four hundred thousand chosen men , and Jeroboam hath set in array with him battle , with eight hundred thousand chosen men , mighty of valour . ylt @2Chronicles:13:4 @And Abijah riseth up on the hill of Zemaraim that [is ] in the hill-country of Ephraim , and saith , 'Hear me , Jeroboam and all Israel ! ylt @2Chronicles:13:5 @Is it not for you to know that Jehovah , God of Israel , hath given the kingdom to David over Israel to the age , to him and to his sons -- a covenant of salt ? ylt @2Chronicles:13:6 @and rise up doth Jeroboam , son of Nebat , servant of Solomon son of David , and rebelleth against his lord ! ylt @2Chronicles:13:7 @'And there are gathered unto him vain men , sons of worthlessness , and they strengthen themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon , and Rehoboam was a youth , and tender of heart , and hath not strengthened himself against them . ylt @2Chronicles:13:8 @'And now , ye are saying to strengthen yourselves before the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David , and ye [are ] a numerous multitude , and with you calves of gold that Jeroboam hath made to you for gods . ylt @2Chronicles:13:9 @'Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah , the sons of Aaron , and the Levites , and make to you priests like the peoples of the lands ? every one who hath come to fill his hand with a bullock , a son of the herd , and seven rams , even he hath been a priest to No-gods ! ylt @2Chronicles:13:10 @'As for us , Jehovah [is ] our God , and we have not forsaken Him , and priests are ministering to Jehovah , sons of Aaron and the Levites , in the work , ylt @2Chronicles:13:11 @and are making perfume to Jehovah , burnt-offerings morning by morning , and evening by evening , and perfume of spices , and the arrangement of bread [is ] on the pure table , and the candlestick of gold , and its lamps , to burn evening by evening , for we are keeping the charge of Jehovah our God , and ye -- ye have forsaken Him . ylt @2Chronicles:13:12 @'And lo , with us -- at [our ] head -- [is ] God , and His priests and trumpets of shouting to shout against you ; O sons of Israel , do not fight with Jehovah , God of your fathers , for ye do not prosper .' ylt @2Chronicles:13:13 @And Jeroboam hath brought round the ambush to come in from behind them , and they are before Judah , and the ambush [is ] behind them . ylt @2Chronicles:13:14 @And Judah turneth , and lo , against them [is ] the battle , before and behind , and they cry to Jehovah , and the priests are blowing with trumpets , ylt @2Chronicles:13:15 @and the men of Judah shout -- and it cometh to pass , at the shouting of the men of Judah , that God hath smitten Jeroboam , and all Israel , before Abijah and Judah . ylt @2Chronicles:13:16 @And the sons of Israel flee from the face of Judah , and God giveth them into their hand , ylt @2Chronicles:13:17 @and Abijah and his people smite among them a great smiting , and there fall wounded of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men . ylt @2Chronicles:13:18 @And the sons of Israel are humbled at that time , and the sons of Judah are strong , for they have leant on Jehovah , God of their fathers . ylt @2Chronicles:13:19 @And Abijah pursueth after Jeroboam , and captureth from him cities , Beth-El and its small towns , and Jeshanah and its small towns , and Ephraim and its small towns . ylt @2Chronicles:13:20 @And Jeroboam hath not retained power any more in the days of Abijah , and Jehovah smiteth him , and he dieth . ylt @2Chronicles:13:21 @And Abijah strengtheneth himself , and taketh to him fourteen wives , and begetteth twenty and two sons , and sixteen daughters , ylt @2Chronicles:13:22 @and the rest of the matters of Abijah , and his ways , and his words , are written in the 'Inquiry ' of the prophet Iddo .

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