13:1 In
the
eighteenth
year
of
king
Jeroboam
began
Abijah
to
reign
over
Judah.
13:2 Three
years
reigned
he
in
Jerusalem:
and
his
mother's
name
was
Micaiah
the
daughter
of
Uriel
of
Gibeah.
And
there
was
war
between
Abijah
and
Jeroboam.
13:3 And
Abijah
joined
battle
with
an
army
of
valiant
men
of
war,
even
four
hundred
thousand
chosen
men:
and
Jeroboam
set
the
battle
in
array
against
him
with
eight
hundred
thousand
chosen
men,
who
were
mighty
men
of
valor.
13:4 And
Abijah
stood
up
upon
mount
Zemaraim,
which
is
in
the
hill-country
of
Ephraim,
and
said,
Hear
me,
O
Jeroboam
and
all
Israel:
13:5 Ought
ye
not
to
know
that
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
gave
the
kingdom
over
Israel
to
David
for
ever,
even
to
him
and
to
his
sons
by
a
covenant
of
salt
13:6 Yet
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
the
servant
of
Solomon
the
son
of
David,
rose
up,
and
rebelled
against
his
lord.
13:7 And
there
were
gathered
unto
him
worthless
men,
base
fellows,
that
strengthened
themselves
against
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon,
when
Rehoboam
was
young
and
tender-hearted,
and
could
not
withstand
them.
13:8 And
now
ye
think
to
withstand
the
kingdom
of
Jehovah
in
the
hand
of
the
sons
of
David;
and
ye
are
a
great
multitude,
and
there
are
with
you
the
golden
calves
which
Jeroboam
made
you
for
gods.
13:9 Have
ye
not
driven
out
the
priests
of
Jehovah,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and
the
Levites,
and
made
you
priests
after
the
manner
of
the
peoples
of
[other]
lands
so
that
whosoever
cometh
to
consecrate
himself
with
a
young
bullock
and
seven
rams,
the
same
may
be
a
priest
of
[them
that
are]
no
gods.
13:10 But
as
for
us,
Jehovah
is
our
God,
and
we
have
not
forsaken
him;
and
[we
have]
priests
ministering
unto
Jehovah,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and
the
Levites
in
their
work:
13:11 and
they
burn
unto
Jehovah
every
morning
and
every
evening
burnt-offerings
and
sweet
incense:
the
showbread
also
[set
they]
in
order
upon
the
pure
table;
and
the
candlestick
of
gold
with
the
lamps
thereof,
to
burn
every
evening:
for
we
keep
the
charge
of
Jehovah
our
God;
but
ye
have
forsaken
him.
13:12 And,
behold,
God
is
with
us
at
our
head,
and
his
priests
with
the
trumpets
of
alarm
to
sound
an
alarm
against
you.
O
children
of
Israel,
fight
ye
not
against
Jehovah,
the
God
of
your
fathers;
for
ye
shall
not
prosper.
13:13 But
Jeroboam
caused
an
ambushment
to
come
about
behind
them:
so
they
were
before
Judah,
and
the
ambushment
was
behind
them.
13:14 And
when
Judah
looked
back,
behold,
the
battle
was
before
and
behind
them;
and
they
cried
unto
Jehovah,
and
the
priests
sounded
with
the
trumpets.
13:15 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.
13:16 And
the
children
of
Israel
fled
before
Judah;
and
God
delivered
them
into
their
hand.
13:17 And
Abijah
and
his
people
slew
them
with
a
great
slaughter:
so
there
fell
down
slain
of
Israel
five
hundred
thousand
chosen
men.
13:18 Thus
the
children
of
Israel
were
brought
under
at
that
time,
and
the
children
of
Judah
prevailed,
because
they
relied
upon
Jehovah,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
13:19 And
Abijah
pursued
after
Jeroboam,
and
took
cities
from
him,
Beth-el
with
the
towns
thereof,
and
Jeshanah
with
the
towns
thereof,
and
Ephron
with
the
towns
thereof.
13:20 Neither
did
Jeroboam
recover
strength
again
in
the
days
of
Abijah:
and
Jehovah
smote
him,
and
he
died.
13:21 But
Abijah
waxed
mighty,
and
took
unto
himself
fourteen
wives,
and
begat
twenty
and
two
sons,
and
sixteen
daughters.
13:22 And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Abijah,
and
his
ways,
and
his
sayings,
are
written
in
the
commentary
of
the
prophet
Iddo.
