13:1 Now in the eighteenth 8083 6240 year 8141 of king 4428 Jeroboam 3379 began Abijah 29 to reign 4427 8799 over Judah 3063.

13:2 He reigned 4427 8804 three 7969 years 8141 in Jerusalem 3389. His mother's 517 name 8034 also [was] Michaiah 4322 the daughter 1323 of Uriel 222 of Gibeah 1390. And there was war 4421 between Abijah 29 and Jeroboam 3379.

13:3 And Abijah 29 set 631 0 the battle 4421 in array 631 8799 with an army 2428 of valiant men 1368 of war 4421, [even] four 702 hundred 3967 thousand 505 chosen 977 8803 men 376: Jeroboam 3379 also set the battle 4421 in array 6186 8804 against him with eight 8083 hundred 3967 thousand 505 chosen 977 8803 men 376, [being] mighty men 1368 of valour 2428.(Abijah set: Heb. Abijah bound together)

13:4 And Abijah 29 stood up 6965 8799 upon mount 2022 Zemaraim 6787, which [is] in mount 2022 Ephraim 669, and said 559 8799, Hear 8085 8798 me, thou Jeroboam 3379, and all Israel 3478;

13:5 Ought ye not to know 3045 8800 that the LORD 3068 God 430 of Israel 3478 gave 5414 8804 the kingdom 4467 over Israel 3478 to David 1732 for ever 5769, [even] to him and to his sons 1121 by a covenant 1285 of salt 4417?

13:6 Yet Jeroboam 3379 the son 1121 of Nebat 5028, the servant 5650 of Solomon 8010 the son 1121 of David 1732, is risen up 6965 8799, and hath rebelled 4775 8799 against his lord 113.

13:7 And there are gathered 6908 8735 unto him vain 7386 men 582, the children 1121 of Belial 1100, and have strengthened 553 8691 themselves against Rehoboam 7346 the son 1121 of Solomon 8010, when Rehoboam 7346 was young 5288 and tenderhearted 7390 3824, and could not withstand 2388 8694 them 6440.

13:8 And now ye think 559 8802 to withstand 2388 8692 the kingdom 6440 4467 of the LORD 3068 in the hand 3027 of the sons 1121 of David 1732; and ye [be] a great 7227 multitude 1995, and [there are] with you golden 2091 calves 5695, which Jeroboam 3379 made 6213 8804 you for gods 430.

13:9 Have ye not cast out 5080 8689 the priests 3548 of the LORD 3068, the sons 1121 of Aaron 175, and the Levites 3881, and have made 6213 8799 you priests 3548 after the manner of the nations 5971 of [other] lands 776? so that whosoever cometh 935 8802 to consecrate 4390 8763 3027 himself with a young 1121 1241 bullock 6499 and seven 7651 rams 352, [the same] may be a priest 3548 of [them that are] no 3808 gods 430.(to consecrate…: Heb. to fill his hand)

13:10 But as for us, the LORD 3068 [is] our God 430, and we have not forsaken 5800 8804 him; and the priests 3548, which minister 8334 8764 unto the LORD 3068, [are] the sons 1121 of Aaron 175, and the Levites 3881 [wait] upon [their] business 4399:

13:11 And they burn 6999 8688 unto the LORD 3068 every morning 1242 and every evening 6153 burnt sacrifices 5930 and sweet 5561 incense 7004: the shewbread 3899 4635 also [set they in order] upon the pure 2889 table 7979; and the candlestick 4501 of gold 2091 with the lamps 5216 thereof, to burn 1197 8763 every evening 6153: for we keep 8104 8802 the charge 4931 of the LORD 3068 our God 430; but ye have forsaken 5800 8804 him.

13:12 And, behold, God 430 himself [is] with us for [our] captain 7218, and his priests 3548 with sounding 8643 trumpets 2689 to cry alarm 7321 8687 against you. O children 1121 of Israel 3478, fight 3898 8735 ye not against the LORD 3068 God 430 of your fathers 1; for ye shall not prosper 6743 8686.

13:13 But Jeroboam 3379 caused an ambushment 3993 to come 935 8800 about 5437 8689 behind 310 them: so they were before 6440 Judah 3063, and the ambushment 3993 [was] behind 310 them.

13:14 And when Judah 3063 looked back 6437 8799, behold, the battle 4421 [was] before 6440 and behind 268: and they cried 6817 8799 unto the LORD 3068, and the priests 3548 sounded 2690 8688 8675 2690 8764 with the trumpets 2689.

13:15 Then the men 376 of Judah 3063 gave a shout 7321 8686: and as the men 376 of Judah 3063 shouted 7321 8687, it came to pass, that God 430 smote 5062 8804 Jeroboam 3379 and all Israel 3478 before 6440 Abijah 29 and Judah 3063.

13:16 And the children 1121 of Israel 3478 fled 5127 8799 before 6440 Judah 3063: and God 430 delivered 5414 8799 them into their hand 3027.

13:17 And Abijah 29 and his people 5971 slew 5221 8686 them with a great 7227 slaughter 4347: so there fell down 5307 8799 slain 2491 of Israel 3478 five 2568 hundred 3967 thousand 505 chosen 977 8803 men 376.

13:18 Thus the children 1121 of Israel 3478 were brought 3665 8735 under at that time 6256, and the children 1121 of Judah 3063 prevailed 553 8799, because they relied 8172 8738 upon the LORD 3068 God 430 of their fathers 1.

13:19 And Abijah 29 pursued 7291 8799 after 310 Jeroboam 3379, and took 3920 8799 cities 5892 from him, Bethel 1008 with the towns 1323 thereof, and Jeshanah 3466 with the towns 1323 thereof, and Ephrain 6085 with the towns 1323 thereof.

13:20 Neither did Jeroboam 3379 recover 6113 8804 strength 3581 again in the days 3117 of Abijah 29: and the LORD 3068 struck 5062 8799 him, and he died 4191 8799.

13:21 But Abijah 29 waxed mighty 2388 8691, and married 5375 8799 fourteen 702 6240 wives 802, and begat 3205 8686 twenty 6242 and two 8147 sons 1121, and sixteen 8337 6240 daughters 1323.

13:22 And the rest 3499 of the acts 1697 of Abijah 29, and his ways 1870, and his sayings 1697, [are] written 3789 8803 in the story 4097 of the prophet 5030 Iddo 5714.

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