1 In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H5921" eighteenth|strong="H8083" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" began|strong="H3063" Abijah to|strong="H5921" reign|strong="H4427" over|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063".
2 Three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141" reigned|strong="H4427" he|strong="H4480" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389": and|strong="H3389" his|strong="H1961" mother’s name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Micaiah|strong="H4322" the|strong="H4480" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Uriel of|strong="H1323" Gibeah|strong="H1390". And|strong="H3389" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" war|strong="H4421" between|strong="H4421" Abijah and|strong="H3389" Jeroboam|strong="H3379".
3 And|strong="H3967" Abijah joined|strong="H6186" battle|strong="H4421" with|strong="H5973" an army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H1368" valiant|strong="H2428" men|strong="H1368" of|strong="H1368" war|strong="H4421", even four hundred|strong="H3967" thousand chosen men|strong="H1368": and|strong="H3967" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" set|strong="H6186" the|strong="H3379" battle|strong="H4421" in|strong="H4421" array|strong="H6186" against|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" eight|strong="H8083" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand chosen men|strong="H1368", who|strong="H1368" were|strong="H2428" mighty|strong="H1368" men|strong="H1368" of|strong="H1368" valor|strong="H2428".
4 And|strong="H6965" Abijah stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" upon|strong="H5921" mount|strong="H2022" Zemaraim|strong="H6787", which|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H2022" Ephraim, and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H8085", Hear|strong="H8085" me|strong="H5921", O|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478":
5 Ought ye|strong="H3045" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H3478" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" Jehovah|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4467" over|strong="H5921" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" David|strong="H1732" forever|strong="H5769", even|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" him|strong="H5414" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3478" his|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" by|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H1121" salt|strong="H4417"?
6 Yet|strong="H5921" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Nebat|strong="H5028", the|strong="H5921" servant|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732", rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H1121" rebelled|strong="H4775" against|strong="H5921" his|strong="H1732" lord.
7 And|strong="H1121" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" gathered|strong="H6908" unto|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" worthless|strong="H1100" men|strong="H5288", base|strong="H1100" fellows|strong="H1121", that|strong="H5288" strengthened|strong="H2388" themselves|strong="H6908" against|strong="H5921" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" the|strong="H6440" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon|strong="H8010", when|strong="H1961" Rehoboam|strong="H7346" was|strong="H1961" young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H1121" tenderhearted|strong="H7390", and|strong="H1121" could|strong="H3824" not|strong="H3808" withstand|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921".
8 And|strong="H1121" now|strong="H6258" ye|strong="H6213" think to|strong="H3068" withstand|strong="H2388" the|strong="H6440" kingdom|strong="H4467" of|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" David|strong="H1732"; and|strong="H1121" ye|strong="H6213" are|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3068" great|strong="H7227" multitude|strong="H1995", and|strong="H1121" there|strong="H6258" are|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" golden|strong="H2091" calves|strong="H5695" which|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" made|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6440" for|strong="H6213" gods.
9 Have|strong="H1961" ye|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" driven|strong="H5080" out|strong="H5080" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1121" Jehovah|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H1121" made|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" after|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" manner|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1121" other lands? so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5971" whosoever|strong="H3605" cometh|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" consecrate|strong="H4390" himself|strong="H3027" with|strong="H4390" a|strong="H3068" young|strong="H1121" bullock|strong="H6499" and|strong="H1121" seven|strong="H7651" rams, the|strong="H3605" same may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" a|strong="H3068" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="H1121" them that are no|strong="H3808" gods.
10 But|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5800", Jehovah|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", and|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" forsaken|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5800"; and|strong="H1121" we have priests|strong="H3548" ministering|strong="H8334" unto|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Aaron, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3068" Levites|strong="H3881" in|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399":
11 and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3588" burn|strong="H6999" unto|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" every|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3068" every|strong="H1242" evening|strong="H6153" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H5930" and|strong="H3068" sweet|strong="H5561" incense|strong="H7004": the|strong="H5921" showbread|strong="H3899" also|strong="H3068" set they in|strong="H5921" order upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" pure|strong="H2889" table|strong="H7979"; and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" candlestick|strong="H4501" of|strong="H3068" gold|strong="H2091" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" lamps|strong="H5216" thereof, to|strong="H3068" burn|strong="H6999" every|strong="H1242" evening|strong="H6153": for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H4931" of|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068"; but|strong="H3588" ye|strong="H8104" have|strong="H3068" forsaken|strong="H5800" him|strong="H5921".
12 And|strong="H1121", behold|strong="H2009", God|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" our|strong="H3068" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" priests|strong="H3548" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5921" trumpets|strong="H2689" of|strong="H1121" alarm|strong="H8643" to|strong="H3478" sound|strong="H7321" an|strong="H3588" alarm|strong="H8643" against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". O|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478", fight|strong="H3898" ye|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" against|strong="H5921" Jehovah|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" fathers; for|strong="H3588" ye|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3548" not|strong="H3808" prosper|strong="H6743".
13 But|strong="H1961" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" caused|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" ambushment|strong="H3993" to|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" about|strong="H5437" behind them|strong="H6440": so|strong="H1961" they|strong="H6440" were|strong="H1961" before|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H6440" ambushment|strong="H3993" was|strong="H1961" behind them|strong="H6440".
14 And|strong="H3063" when|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" looked|strong="H6437" back|strong="H6437", behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H6440" battle|strong="H4421" was|strong="H3068" before|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3063" behind them|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H3063" they|strong="H3068" cried|strong="H6817" unto|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068", and|strong="H3063" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548" sounded|strong="H2690" with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6440" trumpets|strong="H2689".
15 Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" gave|strong="H7321" a|strong="H3068" shout|strong="H7321": and|strong="H3063" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" of|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063" shouted|strong="H7321", it|strong="H6440" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" pass|strong="H1961", that|strong="H3605" God smote|strong="H5062" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" and|strong="H3063" all|strong="H3605" Israel|strong="H3478" before|strong="H6440" Abijah and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063".
16 And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" fled|strong="H5127" before|strong="H6440" Judah|strong="H3063"; and|strong="H1121" God|strong="H5414" delivered|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" into|strong="H3027" their|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027".
17 And|strong="H3967" Abijah and|strong="H3967" his|strong="H5221" people|strong="H5971" slew|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5221" with|strong="H5971" a|strong="H3068" great|strong="H7227" slaughter|strong="H4347": so there fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" slain|strong="H2491" of|strong="H5971" Israel|strong="H3478" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" thousand chosen men|strong="H5971".
18 Thus the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" were|strong="H3478" brought|strong="H3478" under|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" prevailed, because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" relied|strong="H8172" upon|strong="H5921" Jehovah|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" fathers.
19 And|strong="H5892" Abijah pursued|strong="H7291" after|strong="H4480" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", and|strong="H5892" took|strong="H3920" cities|strong="H5892" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H7291", Beth-el|strong="H1008" with|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" towns|strong="H1323" thereof|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5892" Jeshanah|strong="H3466" with|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" towns|strong="H1323" thereof|strong="H5892", and|strong="H5892" Ephron|strong="H6085" with|strong="H5892" the|strong="H4480" towns|strong="H1323" thereof|strong="H5892".
20 Neither|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3068" Jeroboam|strong="H3379" recover|strong="H6113" strength|strong="H3581" again|strong="H5750" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" Abijah: and|strong="H3068" Jehovah|strong="H3068" smote|strong="H5062" him|strong="H4191", and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3117" died|strong="H4191".
21 But|strong="H2388" Abijah waxed mighty|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" took|strong="H5375" unto|strong="H3205" himself|strong="H2388" fourteen|strong="H6240" wives, and|strong="H1121" begat|strong="H3205" twenty|strong="H6242" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" sons|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" sixteen|strong="H8337" daughters|strong="H1323".
22 And|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" rest|strong="H3499" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1870" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Abijah, and|strong="H1870" his|strong="H5714" ways|strong="H1870", and|strong="H1870" his|strong="H5714" sayings|strong="H1697", are|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H1870" commentary of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1870" prophet|strong="H5030" Iddo|strong="H5714".