2 Chronicles 13

1In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

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2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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3Abijah set a battle in array with an army of valiant warriors, four hundred thousand mighty men. Jeroboam also drew up in battle formation against him with eight hundred thousand mighty men of valor.

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4Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the mountains of Ephraim, and said, 'Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel

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5do you not know that the Lord God of Israel gave the dominion over Israel to David and his sons forever by a covenant of salt?

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6Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord.

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7Then worthless rogues gathered to him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and inexperienced and could not withstand them.

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8And now you think you can stand against the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hand of the sons of David. You are a great multitude, and you have as gods the golden calves Jeroboam made for you.

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9Did you not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves from the peoples of the land, so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of things that are not gods?

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10'But we have not forsaken the Lord our God. And the priests who minister to the Lord are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

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11And every morning and every evening they offer burnt sacrifices and sweet incense to the Lord, and they set the showbread in order on the pure gold table, and the golden lamp stand with its lamps to burn every evening. For we keep the command of the Lord God of our fathers, but you have forsaken Him.

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12Listen, Israel, God Himself is with us as our head, and so are His priests, with trumpets to sound the alarm over us. Children of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper!'

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13And Jeroboam sent men to slip behind Judah, so Jeroboam would be in front of Judah with an ambush being behind them.

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14Judah looked back, and behold, a battle line was behind them and in front of them. And they cried out to the Lord, and the priests sounded the trumpets.

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15Then the men of Judah shouted. And as the men of Judah shouted, God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

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16And the sons of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.

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17Then Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter, and five hundred thousand mighty men of Israel fell slain.

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18Thus the sons of Israel were subdued on that day, because Judah relied on the Lord God of their fathers.

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19Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephrain with its villages.

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20So Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah. And the Lord struck him, and he died.

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21However, Abijah grew mighty. He married fourteen wives and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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22Now the rest of the acts of Abijah and his ways and his sayings are written in the annals of the prophet Iddo.

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23And Abijah died and rested with his fathers. They buried him in the City of David. Then Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days, the land of Judah was quiet for ten years.

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