2 Chronicles 12:15-16
15 aNow the acts of Rehoboam, from the first to the last, are they not written in the ▼▼Lit words
records of cShemaiah the prophet and of dIddo the seer, according to genealogical enrollment? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 16And Rehoboam ▼▼I.e., died
lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of David; and his son fAbijah became king in his place. 2 Chronicles 13:1-20
Abijah Succeeds Rehoboam
1 gIn the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah. 2He reigned in Jerusalem for three years; and his mother’s name was ▼▼In 1 Kin 15:2, Maacah the daughter of Abishalom
Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. iNow there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3Abijah began the battle with an army of warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in battle formation against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men who were valiant warriors.
Civil War
4 Then Abijah stood on Mount jZemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel: 5Do you not know that kthe Lord God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David ▼▼Lit to him and to his sons
and his sons by ma covenant of salt? 6Yet nJeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his ▼▼Or lord
master, 7and worthless men gathered to him, wicked men, who proved too strong for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when ▼▼Lit Rehoboam
,
qhe was young and timid and could not hold his own against them. 8 “So now you intend to assert yourselves against the kingdom of the Lord ▼
▼Lit by the hand of
through the sons of David, ▼▼Lit and you are a
being a great multitude and having with you tthe golden calves which Jeroboam made for you as gods. 9 uHave you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes vto consecrate himself with a bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of things that are wnot gods. 10But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned Him; and the sons of Aaron are ministering to the Lord as priests, and the Levites ▼▼Lit in the work
attend to their work. 11Every morning and evening ythey ▼▼Lit offer up in smoke
burn to the Lord burnt offerings and fragrant incense, and aathe showbread is set on the clean table, and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we perform our duty to the Lord our God, but you have abandoned Him. 12Now behold, God is with us at our head, and abHis priests with the signal trumpets to sound the war cry against you. Sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.” 13 But Jeroboam achad set an ambush to come from behind, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush was behind them. 14When Judah turned around, behold, ▼
▼Lit the battle was in front and behind them
they were attacked both from front and rear; so aethey cried out to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets. 15Then the men of Judah raised a war cry, and when the men of Judah raised the war cry, God ▼▼Lit struck
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agdefeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16When the sons of Israel fled from Judah, ahGod handed them over to them. 17Abijah and his people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell slain. 18The sons of Israel were subdued at that time, and the sons of Judah ▼▼Lit were strong
conquered ajbecause they trusted in the Lord, the God of their fathers. 19Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured from him several cities, Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and ▼▼Another reading is Ephrain
Ephron with its villages. Death of Jeroboam
20 Jeroboam did not again recover strength in the days of Abijah; and the alLord struck him and amhe died.
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