13:1 In
the
eighteenth
year
of
king
Jeroboam--Abijah
reigneth
over
Judah;
13:2 three
years
he
hath
reigned
in
Jerusalem,
(and
the
name
of
his
mother
[is]
Michaiah
daughter
of
Uriel,
from
Gibeah,)
and
war
hath
been
between
Abijah
and
Jeroboam.
13:3 And
Abijah
directeth
the
war
with
a
force
of
mighty
men
of
war,
four
hundred
thousand
chosen
men,
and
Jeroboam
hath
set
in
array
with
him
battle,
with
eight
hundred
thousand
chosen
men,
mighty
of
valour.
13:4 And
Abijah
riseth
up
on
the
hill
of
Zemaraim
that
[is]
in
the
hill-country
of
Ephraim,
and
saith,
`Hear
me,
Jeroboam
and
all
Israel!
13:5 Is
it
not
for
you
to
know
that
Jehovah,
God
of
Israel,
hath
given
the
kingdom
to
David
over
Israel
to
the
age,
to
him
and
to
his
sons--a
covenant
of
salt
13:6 and
rise
up
doth
Jeroboam,
son
of
Nebat,
servant
of
Solomon
son
of
David,
and
rebelleth
against
his
lord!
13:7 `And
there
are
gathered
unto
him
vain
men,
sons
of
worthlessness,
and
they
strengthen
themselves
against
Rehoboam
son
of
Solomon,
and
Rehoboam
was
a
youth,
and
tender
of
heart,
and
hath
not
strengthened
himself
against
them.
13:8 `And
now,
ye
are
saying
to
strengthen
yourselves
before
the
kingdom
of
Jehovah
in
the
hand
of
the
sons
of
David,
and
ye
[are]
a
numerous
multitude,
and
with
you
calves
of
gold
that
Jeroboam
hath
made
to
you
for
gods.
13:9 `Have
ye
not
cast
out
the
priests
of
Jehovah,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and
the
Levites,
and
make
to
you
priests
like
the
peoples
of
the
lands
every
one
who
hath
come
to
fill
his
hand
with
a
bullock,
a
son
of
the
herd,
and
seven
rams,
even
he
hath
been
a
priest
to
No-gods!
13:10 `As
for
us,
Jehovah
[is]
our
God,
and
we
have
not
forsaken
Him,
and
priests
are
ministering
to
Jehovah,
sons
of
Aaron
and
the
Levites,
in
the
work,
13:11 and
are
making
perfume
to
Jehovah,
burnt-offerings
morning
by
morning,
and
evening
by
evening,
and
perfume
of
spices,
and
the
arrangement
of
bread
[is]
on
the
pure
table,
and
the
candlestick
of
gold,
and
its
lamps,
to
burn
evening
by
evening,
for
we
are
keeping
the
charge
of
Jehovah
our
God,
and
ye--ye
have
forsaken
Him.
13:12 `And
lo,
with
us--at
[our]
head--[
is]
God,
and
His
priests
and
trumpets
of
shouting
to
shout
against
you;
O
sons
of
Israel,
do
not
fight
with
Jehovah,
God
of
your
fathers,
for
ye
do
not
prosper.'
13:13 And
Jeroboam
hath
brought
round
the
ambush
to
come
in
from
behind
them,
and
they
are
before
Judah,
and
the
ambush
[is]
behind
them.
13:14 And
Judah
turneth,
and
lo,
against
them
[is]
the
battle,
before
and
behind,
and
they
cry
to
Jehovah,
and
the
priests
are
blowing
with
trumpets,
13:15 and
the
men
of
Judah
shout--and
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the
shouting
of
the
men
of
Judah,
that
God
hath
smitten
Jeroboam,
and
all
Israel,
before
Abijah
and
Judah.
13:16 And
the
sons
of
Israel
flee
from
the
face
of
Judah,
and
God
giveth
them
into
their
hand,
13:17 and
Abijah
and
his
people
smite
among
them
a
great
smiting,
and
there
fall
wounded
of
Israel
five
hundred
thousand
chosen
men.
13:18 And
the
sons
of
Israel
are
humbled
at
that
time,
and
the
sons
of
Judah
are
strong,
for
they
have
leant
on
Jehovah,
God
of
their
fathers.
13:19 And
Abijah
pursueth
after
Jeroboam,
and
captureth
from
him
cities,
Beth-El
and
its
small
towns,
and
Jeshanah
and
its
small
towns,
and
Ephraim
and
its
small
towns.
13:20 And
Jeroboam
hath
not
retained
power
any
more
in
the
days
of
Abijah,
and
Jehovah
smiteth
him,
and
he
dieth.
13:21 And
Abijah
strengtheneth
himself,
and
taketh
to
him
fourteen
wives,
and
begetteth
twenty
and
two
sons,
and
sixteen
daughters,
13:22 and
the
rest
of
the
matters
of
Abijah,
and
his
ways,
and
his
words,
are
written
in
the
`Inquiry'
of
the
prophet
Iddo.
