Thematic Bible
2 Chronicles 13:1 (show verse)
In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah reigned over Judah.
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2 Chronicles 13:2 (show verse)
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother [was] Micaiah the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and between Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 13:3 (show verse)
And Abijah joined in the battle with an army of four hundred thousand {battle-hardened warriors}, chosen men, and Jeroboam put the battle in order against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, an army of mighty warriors.
2 Chronicles 13:4 (show verse)
Then Abijah stood up on top of Mount Zemaraim that [is] in the hill country of Ephraim and said, "Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
2 Chronicles 13:5 (show verse)
Do you not all know that Yahweh the God of Israel gave the kingdom to David over Israel forever, to him and to his sons [by] a covenant of salt?
2 Chronicles 13:6 (show verse)
But Jeroboam the son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master,
2 Chronicles 13:7 (show verse)
and worthless men, {sons of wickedness}, were gathered about him and became hostile against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was a boy and gentle of heart and was not strong enough [to stand] before them.
2 Chronicles 13:8 (show verse)
So now you yourselves are considering [that you are] strong before the kingdom of Yahweh [which is] in the hand the sons of David, since you yourselves are a great multitude and you have bull calves of gold that Jeroboam has made for idols.
2 Chronicles 13:9 (show verse)
Did you not drive out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, the Levites? Have you [not] made for yourselves priests like all the peoples of the lands? All who come {to be consecrated for priestly service} with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of [what is] not a god.
2 Chronicles 13:10 (show verse)
But as for us, Yahweh [is] our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests serving Yahweh [are] the sons of Aaron, the Levites, according to their service.
2 Chronicles 13:11 (show verse)
They offer burnt offerings to Yahweh {every morning} and {every evening}, sweet spices of incense, and the rows of bread upon the pure table. And the golden lampstand with its lamps [they] keep kindled {every evening}, for we are keeping the requirement of Yahweh our God, but you yourselves have forsaken him.
2 Chronicles 13:12 (show verse)
And look, God [is] with us at the head, and his priests [have] the trumpets for sounding blasts against you, O sons of Israel. Do not fight against Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed."
2 Chronicles 13:13 (show verse)
Then Jeroboam sent around an ambush to come behind them. So they were in front of Judah, but the ambush [was] behind them.
2 Chronicles 13:14 (show verse)
When Judah turned, then behold, the battle against them [was] in front and behind, and they cried to Yahweh, and the priests blew on the trumpets.
2 Chronicles 13:15 (show verse)
Then the men of Judah shouted, and it happened [that] when the men of Judah were shouting, then God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:16 (show verse)
And the {Israelites} fled from before Judah, and God gave them into their hand.
2 Chronicles 13:17 (show verse)
And Abijah and his people struck a great blow against them, and the dead from Israel [that] fell [were] five hundred thousand chosen men.
2 Chronicles 13:18 (show verse)
And the {Israelites} were subdued at that time, and the people of Judah were victorious, for they relied upon Yahweh the God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 13:19 (show verse)
And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.
2 Chronicles 13:20 (show verse)
And Jeroboam did not regain strength again in the days of Abijah. And Yahweh plagued him and he died.
2 Chronicles 13:21 (show verse)
But Abijah became strong, and he took to himself fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
2 Chronicles 13:22 (show verse)
Now the rest of the words of Abijah and his ways and his words are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.