2nd Chronicles Chapter 13 - King James Strong Number Version

1: Now in the eighteenth <H8083> <H6240> year <H8141> of king <H4428> Jeroboam <H3379> began Abijah <H0029> to reign <H4427> over Judah. <H3063>
2: He reigned <H4427> three <H7969> years <H8141> in Jerusalem. <H3389> His mother's <H0517> name <H8034> also [was] Michaiah <H4322> the daughter <H1323> of Uriel <H0222> of Gibeah. <H1390> And there was war <H4421> between Abijah <H0029> and Jeroboam. <H3379>
3: And Abijah <H0029> set <H0631> the battle <H4421> in array with an army <H2428> of valiant men <H1368> of war, <H4421> [even] four <H0702> hundred <H3967> thousand <H0505> chosen <H0977> men: <H0376> Jeroboam <H3379> also set the battle <H4421> in array <H6186> against him with eight <H8083> hundred <H3967> thousand <H0505> chosen <H0977> men, <H0376> [being] mighty men <H1368> of valour. <H2428>
4: And Abijah <H0029> stood up <H6965> upon mount <H2022> Zemaraim, <H6787> which [is] in mount <H2022> Ephraim, <H0669> and said, <H0559> Hear <H8085> me, thou Jeroboam, <H3379> and all Israel; <H3478>
5: Ought ye not to know <H3045> that the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel <H3478> gave <H5414> the kingdom <H4467> over Israel <H3478> to David <H1732> for ever, <H5769> [even] to him and to his sons <H1121> by a covenant <H1285> of salt? <H4417>
6: Yet Jeroboam <H3379> the son <H1121> of Nebat, <H5028> the servant <H5650> of Solomon <H8010> the son <H1121> of David, <H1732> is risen up, <H6965> and hath rebelled <H4775> against his lord. <H0113>
7: And there are gathered <H6908> unto him vain <H7386> men, <H0582> the children <H1121> of Belial, <H1100> and have strengthened <H0553> themselves against Rehoboam <H7346> the son <H1121> of Solomon, <H8010> when Rehoboam <H7346> was young <H5288> and tenderhearted, <H7390> <H3824> and could not withstand <H2388> them. <H6440>
8: And now ye think <H0559> to withstand <H2388> the <H6440> kingdom <H4467> of the LORD <H3068> in the hand <H3027> of the sons <H1121> of David; <H1732> and ye [be] a great <H7227> multitude, <H1995> and [there are] with you golden <H2091> calves, <H5695> which Jeroboam <H3379> made <H6213> you for gods. <H0430>
9: Have ye not cast out <H5080> the priests <H3548> of the LORD, <H3068> the sons <H1121> of Aaron, <H0175> and the Levites, <H3881> and have made <H6213> you priests <H3548> after the manner of the nations <H5971> of [other] lands? <H0776> so that whosoever cometh <H0935> to consecrate <H4390> himself <H3027> with a young <H6499> <H1121> bullock <H1241> and seven <H7651> rams, <H0352> [the same] may be a priest <H3548> of [them that are] no <H3808> gods. <H0430>
10: But as for us, the LORD <H3068> [is] our God, <H0430> and we have not forsaken <H5800> him; and the priests, <H3548> which minister <H8334> unto the LORD, <H3068> [are] the sons <H1121> of Aaron, <H0175> and the Levites <H3881> [wait] upon [their] business: <H4399>
11: And they burn <H6999> unto the LORD <H3068> every morning <H1242> <H1242> and every evening <H6153> <H6153> burnt sacrifices <H5930> and sweet <H5561> incense: <H7004> the shewbread <H3899> <H4635> also [set they in order] upon the pure <H2889> table; <H7979> and the candlestick <H4501> of gold <H2091> with the lamps <H5216> thereof, to burn <H1197> every evening: <H6153> <H6153> for we keep <H8104> the charge <H4931> of the LORD <H3068> our God; <H0430> but ye have forsaken <H5800> him.
12: And, behold, God <H0430> himself [is] with us for [our] captain, <H7218> and his priests <H3548> with sounding <H8643> trumpets <H2689> to cry alarm <H7321> against you. O children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> fight <H3898> ye not against the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of your fathers; <H0001> for ye shall not prosper. <H6743>
13: But Jeroboam <H3379> caused an ambushment <H3993> to come <H0935> about <H5437> behind <H0310> them: so they were before <H6440> Judah, <H3063> and the ambushment <H3993> [was] behind <H0310> them.
14: And when Judah <H3063> looked <H6437> back, behold, the battle <H4421> [was] before <H6440> and behind: <H0268> and they cried <H6817> unto the LORD, <H3068> and the priests <H3548> sounded <H2690> with the trumpets. <H2689>
15: Then the men <H0376> of Judah <H3063> gave a shout: <H7321> and as the men <H0376> of Judah <H3063> shouted, <H7321> it came to pass, that God <H0430> smote <H5062> Jeroboam <H3379> and all Israel <H3478> before <H6440> Abijah <H0029> and Judah. <H3063>
16: And the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> fled <H5127> before <H6440> Judah: <H3063> and God <H0430> delivered <H5414> them into their hand. <H3027>
17: And Abijah <H0029> and his people <H5971> slew <H5221> them with a great <H7227> slaughter: <H4347> so there fell down <H5307> slain <H2491> of Israel <H3478> five <H2568> hundred <H3967> thousand <H0505> chosen <H0977> men. <H0376>
18: Thus the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> were brought <H3665> under at that time, <H6256> and the children <H1121> of Judah <H3063> prevailed, <H0553> because they relied <H8172> upon the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of their fathers. <H0001>
19: And Abijah <H0029> pursued <H7291> after <H0310> Jeroboam, <H3379> and took <H3920> cities <H5892> from him, Bethel <H1008> with the towns <H1323> thereof, and Jeshanah <H3466> with the towns <H1323> thereof, and Ephrain <H6085> with the towns <H1323> thereof.
20: Neither did Jeroboam <H3379> recover <H6113> strength <H3581> again in the days <H3117> of Abijah: <H0029> and the LORD <H3068> struck <H5062> him, and he died. <H4191>
21: But Abijah <H0029> waxed mighty, <H2388> and married <H5375> fourteen <H0702> <H6240> wives, <H0802> and begat <H3205> twenty <H6242> and two <H8147> sons, <H1121> and sixteen <H8337> <H6240> daughters. <H1323>
22: And the rest <H3499> of the acts <H1697> of Abijah, <H0029> and his ways, <H1870> and his sayings, <H1697> [are] written <H3789> in the story <H4097> of the prophet <H5030> Iddo. <H5714>