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His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valor.</p> <a name="4" id="4"></a><p class="hdg">Civil War against Jeroboam<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../judges/20.htm#18">Judges 20:18-23</a>; <a href="../2_samuel/2.htm#12">2 Samuel 2:12-32</a>; <a href="../matthew/13.htm#33">Matthew 13:33-33</a>; <a href="../luke/13.htm#20">Luke 13:20-21</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Abijah stood upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat the servant of Solomon the son of David, hath risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And there are gathered to him vain men, the children of Belial, and they have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made for you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, who minister to the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt-sacrifices and sweet incense: the show-bread also they set in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with its lamps to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye will not prosper.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried to the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns.</p> <a name="20" id="20"></a><p class="hdg">The Death of Jeroboam<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../1_kings/14.htm#19">1 Kings 14:19-20</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But Abijah became mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_chronicles/12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_chronicles/14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/2_chronicles/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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