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In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah .
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He reigned three years in Jerusalem ;
and his mother '
s name was Michaiah ,
the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah .
And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam .
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And Abijah began the war with an army of men of war ,
four hundred thousand chosen men ;
and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men ,
mighty men of valour .
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And Abijah stood up on the top of mount Zemaraim ,
which is in mount Ephraim ,
and said ,
Hear me ,
Jeroboam ,
and all Israel !
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Ought ye not to know that Jehovah the God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever ,
to him and to his sons [
by ]
a covenant of salt ?
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But Jeroboam the son of Nebat ,
the servant of Solomon the son of David ,
rose up and rebelled against his lord .
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And vain men ,
sons of Belial ,
gathered to him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon ,
and Rehoboam was young and faint-hearted ,
and did not shew himself strong against them .
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And now ye think to shew yourselves strong against the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David ;
and ye are a great multitude ,
and ye have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made you for gods .
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Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah ,
the sons of Aaron ,
and the Levites ,
and made you priests as the peoples of the lands ?
whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams ,
he becomes a priest of what is not God .
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But as for us ,
Jehovah is our God ,
and we have not forsaken him ;
and the priests that serve Jehovah are the sons of Aaron ,
and the Levites are at their work :
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and they burn to Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense ;
the loaves also are set in order upon the pure table ;
and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening :
for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God ;
but ye have forsaken him .
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And behold ,
we have God with us at our head ,
and his priests ,
and the loud-sounding trumpets to sound an alarm against you .
Children of Israel ,
do not fight with Jehovah the God of your fathers ;
for ye shall not prosper .
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But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them ;
and they were before Judah ,
and the ambush behind them .
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And Judah looked back ,
and behold ,
they had the battle in front and behind ;
and they cried to Jehovah ,
and the priests sounded with the trumpets .