2Chronicles:13:1-14
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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over (
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He means Judah and Benjamin .(:
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Judah .
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He reigned three years in Jerusalem .
His mother '
s name also [
was ] (
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Or Maacah , (
1Ki_15
:2 ).(:
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Michaiah the daughter of Called also Absalom ,
for Absalom was her grandfather , (
1Ki_15
:2 ).
Uriel of Gibeah .
And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam .
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And Abiiah set the battel in aray with the armie of valiant men of warre ,
euen foure hundreth thousand chosen men .
Ieroboam also set the battell in aray against him with eight hundreth thousande chosen men which were strong and valiant .
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And Abijah stood up upon mount (
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Which was one of the peaks of mount Ephraim .(:
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Zemaraim ,
which [
is ]
in mount Ephraim ,
and said ,
Hear me ,
thou Jeroboam ,
and all Israel ;
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Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to (
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Therefore whoever usurps it or takes it from that stock transgresses the ordinance of the Lord .
Thus like a hypocrite he alleges the word of God for his advantage .(:
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David for ever , [
even ]
to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt ?
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And Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat the seruant of Salomon the sonne of Dauid is risen vp ,
and hath rebelled against his lord :
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And there are gathered unto him (
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This word in the Chaldee tongue is Racha ,
which our saviour uses , (
Mat_5
:22 ).(:
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vain men ,
the children of Belial ,
and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon ,
when Rehoboam was Meaning ,
in heart and courage .
young and tenderhearted ,
and could not withstand them .
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Now therefore ye thinke that yee be able to resist against the kingdome of the Lorde ,
which is in the handes of the sonnes of Dauid ,
and ye bee a great multitude ,
and the golden calues are with you which Ieroboam made you for gods .
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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 (
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He shows the nature of idolaters who take no trial of the calling ,
life and doctrine of their ministers ,
but think the most vile and greatest beasts sufficient to serve their turn .(:
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young bullock and seven rams , [
the same ]
may be a priest of [
them that are ]
no gods .
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But wee belong vnto the Lorde our God ,
and haue not forsaken him ,
and the Priestes the sonnes of Aaron minister vnto the Lord ,
and the Leuites in their office .
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And they burn unto the LORD every (
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As it was appointed in the law , (
Exo_29
:39 ).(:
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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 .
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And ,
behold ,
God himself [
is ] (
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Because their cause was good and approved by the Lord ,
they did not doubt the success and victory .(:
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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 .
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But Jeroboam caused an ambushment (
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Contemning the good counsel which came from the Spirit of God ,
he thought to have overcome by deceit .(:
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to come about behind them :
so they were before Judah ,
and the ambushment [
was ]
behind them .
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Then Iudah looked ,
and beholde ,
the battel was before and behinde them ,
and they cried vnto the Lorde ,
and the Priests blewe with the trumpets ,
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