1 Now in the eighteenth|strong="H8083" year|strong="H8141" of king|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" began Abijah|strong="H0029" to reign|strong="H4427" over Judah|strong="H3063".
2 He reigned|strong="H4427" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" in Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" also was Michaiah|strong="H4322" the daughter|strong="H1323" of Uriel|strong="H0222" of Gibeah|strong="H1390". And there was war|strong="H4421" between Abijah|strong="H0029" and Jeroboam|strong="H3379".
3 And Abijah|strong="H0029" set|strong="H0631" the battle|strong="H4421" in array|strong="H0631" with an army|strong="H2428" of valiant men|strong="H1368" of war|strong="H4421", even four|strong="H0702" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen|strong="H0977" men|strong="H0376": Jeroboam|strong="H3379" also set the battle|strong="H4421" in array|strong="H6186" against him with eight|strong="H8083" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen|strong="H0977" men|strong="H0376", being mighty men|strong="H1368" of valour|strong="H2428".
4 And Abijah|strong="H0029" stood up|strong="H6965" upon mount|strong="H2022" Zemaraim|strong="H6787", which is in mount|strong="H2022" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and said|strong="H0559", Hear|strong="H8085" me, thou Jeroboam|strong="H3379", and all Israel|strong="H3478";
5 Ought ye not to know|strong="H3045" that the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* God|strong="H0430" of Israel|strong="H3478" gave|strong="H5414" the kingdom|strong="H4467" over Israel|strong="H3478" to David|strong="H1732" for ever|strong="H5769", even to him and to his sons|strong="H1121" by a covenant|strong="H1285" of salt|strong="H4417"?
6 Yet Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the son|strong="H1121" of Nebat|strong="H5028", the servant|strong="H5650" of Solomon|strong="H8010" the son|strong="H1121" of David|strong="H1732", is risen up|strong="H6965", and hath rebelled|strong="H4775" against his lord|strong="H0113".
7 And there are gathered|strong="H6908" unto him vain|strong="H7386" men|strong="H0582", the children|strong="H1121" of Belial|strong="H1100", and have strengthened|strong="H0553" themselves against Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the son|strong="H1121" of Solomon|strong="H8010", when Rehoboam|strong="H7346" was young|strong="H5288" and tenderhearted|strong="H7390", and could not withstand|strong="H2388" them|strong="H6440".
8 And now ye think|strong="H0559" to withstand|strong="H2388" the kingdom|strong="H6440" of the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* in the hand|strong="H3027" of the sons|strong="H1121" of David|strong="H1732"; and ye be a great|strong="H7227" multitude|strong="H1995", and there are with you golden|strong="H2091" calves|strong="H5695", which Jeroboam|strong="H3379" made|strong="H6213" you for gods|strong="H0430".
9 Have ye not cast out|strong="H5080" the priests|strong="H3548" of the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the sons|strong="H1121" of Aaron|strong="H0175", and the Levites|strong="H3881", and have made|strong="H6213" you priests|strong="H3548" after the manner of the nations|strong="H5971" of other lands|strong="H0776"? so that whosoever cometh|strong="H0935" to consecrate|strong="H4390" himself with a young|strong="H1121" bullock|strong="H6499" and seven|strong="H7651" rams|strong="H0352", the same may be a priest|strong="H3548" of them that are no|strong="H3808" gods|strong="H0430".
10 But as for us, the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* is our God|strong="H0430", and we have not forsaken|strong="H5800" him; and the priests|strong="H3548", which minister|strong="H8334" unto the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, are the sons|strong="H1121" of Aaron|strong="H0175", and the Levites|strong="H3881" wait upon their business|strong="H4399":
11 And they burn|strong="H6999" unto the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* every morning|strong="H1242" and every evening|strong="H6153" burnt sacrifices|strong="H5930" and sweet|strong="H5561" incense|strong="H7004": the shewbread|strong="H3899" also set they in order upon the pure|strong="H2889" table|strong="H7979"; and the candlestick|strong="H4501" of gold|strong="H2091" with the lamps|strong="H5216" thereof, to burn|strong="H1197" every evening|strong="H6153": for we keep|strong="H8104" the charge|strong="H4931" of the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our God|strong="H0430"; but ye have forsaken|strong="H5800" him.
12 And, behold, God|strong="H0430" himself is with us for our captain|strong="H7218", and his priests|strong="H3548" with sounding|strong="H8643" trumpets|strong="H2689" to cry alarm|strong="H7321" against you. O children|strong="H1121" of Israel|strong="H3478", fight|strong="H3898" ye not against the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* God|strong="H0430" of your fathers|strong="H0001"; for ye shall not prosper|strong="H6743".
13 But Jeroboam|strong="H3379" caused an ambushment|strong="H3993" to come|strong="H0935" about|strong="H5437" behind|strong="H0310" them: so they were before|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063", and the ambushment|strong="H3993" was behind|strong="H0310" them.
14 And when Judah|strong="H3063" looked back|strong="H6437", behold, the battle|strong="H4421" was before|strong="H6440" and behind|strong="H0268": and they cried|strong="H6817" unto the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and the priests|strong="H3548" sounded|strong="H2690" with the trumpets|strong="H2689".
15 Then the men|strong="H0376" of Judah|strong="H3063" gave a shout|strong="H7321": and as the men|strong="H0376" of Judah|strong="H3063" shouted|strong="H7321", it came to pass, that God|strong="H0430" smote|strong="H5062" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and all Israel|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440" Abijah|strong="H0029" and Judah|strong="H3063".
16 And the children|strong="H1121" of Israel|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063": and God|strong="H0430" delivered|strong="H5414" them into their hand|strong="H3027".
17 And Abijah|strong="H0029" and his people|strong="H5971" slew|strong="H5221" them with a great|strong="H7227" slaughter|strong="H4347": so there fell down|strong="H5307" slain|strong="H2491" of Israel|strong="H3478" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand|strong="H0505" chosen|strong="H0977" men|strong="H0376".
18 Thus the children|strong="H1121" of Israel|strong="H3478" were brought|strong="H3665" under at that time|strong="H6256", and the children|strong="H1121" of Judah|strong="H3063" prevailed|strong="H0553", because they relied|strong="H8172" upon the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* God|strong="H0430" of their fathers|strong="H0001".
19 And Abijah|strong="H0029" pursued|strong="H7291" after|strong="H0310" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", and took|strong="H3920" cities|strong="H5892" from him, Beth-el|strong="H1008" with the towns|strong="H1323" thereof, and Jeshanah|strong="H3466" with the towns|strong="H1323" thereof, and Ephrain|strong="H6085" with the towns|strong="H1323" thereof.
20 Neither did Jeroboam|strong="H3379" recover|strong="H6113" strength|strong="H3581" again in the days|strong="H3117" of Abijah|strong="H0029": and the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* struck|strong="H5062" him, and he died|strong="H4191".
21 But Abijah|strong="H0029" waxed mighty|strong="H2388", and married|strong="H5375" fourteen|strong="H0702" wives|strong="H0802", and begat|strong="H3205" twenty|strong="H6242" and two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", and sixteen|strong="H8337" daughters|strong="H1323".
22 And the rest|strong="H3499" of the acts|strong="H1697" of Abijah|strong="H0029", and his ways|strong="H1870", and his sayings|strong="H1697", are written|strong="H3789" in the story|strong="H4097" of the prophet|strong="H5030" Iddo|strong="H5714".