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  13:1 ¶
In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. |
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13:1 ¶
Now in the eighteenth°°
year°
of king°
Jeroboam°
began Abijah°
to reign°°
over°
Judah.° |
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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. |
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13:2
He reigned°°
three°
years°
in Jerusalem.°
His mother's°
name°
also [was] Michaiah°
the daughter°
of Uriel°
of°
Gibeah.°
And there was°
war°
between°
Abijah°
and Jeroboam.° |
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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. |
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13:3
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 valour.° |
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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: |
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13:4 ¶
And Abijah°
stood up°°
upon°°
mount°
Zemaraim,°
which°
[is] in mount°
Ephraim,°
and said,°°
Hear°°
me, thou Jeroboam,°
and all°
Israel;° |
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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? |
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13:5
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?° |
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13:6
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord. |
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13:6
Yet Jeroboam°
the son°
of Nebat,°
the servant°
of Solomon°
the son°
of David,°
is risen up,°°
and hath rebelled°°
against°
his lord.° |
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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. |
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13:7
And there are gathered°°
unto°
him vain°
men,°°
the children°
of Belial,°
and have strengthened°°
themselves°
against°
Rehoboam°
the son°
of Solomon,°
when Rehoboam°
was°
young°
and tenderhearted,°°
and could not°
withstand°°°
them.° |
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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. |
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13:8
And now°
ye°
think°°
to withstand°°
the kingdom°°
of the LORD°
in the hand°
of the sons°
of David;°
and ye°
[be] a great°
multitude,°
and [there are] with°
you golden°
calves,°
which°
Jeroboam°
made°°
you for gods.° |
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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. |
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13:9
Have ye not°
cast out°°°
the priests°
of the LORD,°°
the sons°
of Aaron,°
and the Levites,°
and have made°°
you priests°
after the manner of the nations°
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.° |
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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: |
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13:10
But as for us,°
the LORD°
[is] our God,°
and we have not°
forsaken°°
him; and the priests,°
which minister°°
unto the LORD,°
[are] the sons°
of Aaron,°
and the Levites°
[wait] upon [their] business:° |
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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. |
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13:11
And they burn°°
unto the LORD°
every morning°
and every evening°
burnt sacrifices°
and sweet°
incense:°
the shewbread°°
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 the LORD°
our God;°
but ye°
have forsaken°°
him. |
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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. |
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13:12
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 shall not°
prosper.°° |
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13:13 ¶
But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. |
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13:13 ¶
But Jeroboam°
caused°°
an ambushment°
to come°°
about°°°
behind°°
them: so they were°
before°
Judah,°
and the ambushment°
[was] behind°°
them. |
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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. |
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13:14
And when Judah°
looked back,°°
behold,°
the battle°
[was] before°
and behind:°
and they cried°°
unto the LORD,°
and the priests°
sounded°°°°
with the trumpets.° |
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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. |
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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.° |
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13:16
And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand. |
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13:16
And the children°
of Israel°
fled°°
before°°
Judah:°
and God°
delivered°°
them into their hand.° |
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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. |
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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.° |
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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. |
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13:18
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.° |
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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. |
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13:19
And Abijah°
pursued°°
after°
Jeroboam,°
and took°°
cities°
from°
him,°
Bethel°
with°
the towns°
thereof, and Jeshanah°
with°
the towns°
thereof, and Ephrain°
with the towns°
thereof. |
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13:20
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and Jehovah smote him, and he died. |
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13:20
Neither°
did Jeroboam°
recover°°
strength°
again°
in the days°
of Abijah:°
and the LORD°
struck°°
him, and he died.°° |
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13:21 ¶
But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. |
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13:21 ¶
But Abijah°
waxed mighty,°°
and married°°
fourteen°°
wives,°
and begat°°
twenty°
and two°
sons,°
and sixteen°°
daughters.° |
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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. |
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13:22
And the rest°
of the acts°
of Abijah,°
and his ways,°
and his sayings,°
[are] written°°
in the story°
of the prophet°
Iddo.° |
