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2 Chronicles 13

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2 Chronicles 13 . 1 , Abijah succeeding makes war against Jeroboam; 2 Chronicles 13 . 4 , He declares the right of his cause; 2 Chronicles 13 . 13 , Trusting in God , he overcomes Jeroboam; 2 Chronicles 13 . 21 , The wives and children of Abijah.

2 Chronicles 13:1

In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam's reign, Abijah became king of Judah,

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2 Chronicles 13:2

and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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2 Chronicles 13:3

Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.

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2 Chronicles 13:4

Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!

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Zemaraim could not be , as some have supposed , the same as the hill of Samaria , שמרון [Strong's H8111] , so called from Shemer , in the days of Omri; but was probably a hill on the confines of Ephraim , near Zemaraim , a city of Benjamin , near Bethel

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2 Chronicles 13:5

Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?

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2 Chronicles 13:6

Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

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2 Chronicles 13:7

Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

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2 Chronicles 13:8

And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

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2 Chronicles 13:9

But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.

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Heb. fill his hand

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2 Chronicles 13:10

But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

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We have not abandoned the Lord; and we still serve him according to His own law. But what Abijah urged concerning the state of religion in Judah was not strictly just; and , as spoken by him , it favoured ostentation. Abijah himself was but an indifferent character; and idolatry was evidently connived at in his days. Yet it was true , that the men of Judah had the priests , ordinances , and worship of Jehovah among them; that there were numbers of pious worshippers in the land; that theirs was the more righteous cause; that Jehovah was on their side as their Captain , while Israel fought against him; and that the presence of the priests with the sacred trumpets was a token of His presence and favour

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2 Chronicles 13:11

Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.

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2 Chronicles 13:12

Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”

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2 Chronicles 13:13

Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.

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2 Chronicles 13:14

When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,

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2 Chronicles 13:15

and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

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2 Chronicles 13:16

So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.

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2 Chronicles 13:17

Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.

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2 Chronicles 13:18

Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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2 Chronicles 13:19

Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.

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Ephrain , or Ephron , a city of Benjamin , is placed by Eusebius , eight miles north of Jerusalem , near Bethel. Josephus calls Ephrain and Bethel two little cities; and places the former in the tribe of Benjamin , near the wilderness of Judea , in the way to Jericho

Jeshanah Jeshanah , according to the Talmud , was not far from Sephoris. Perhaps it is the Migdal-Senna of Eusebius , eight miles north of Jericho.

2 Chronicles 13:20

Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.

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2 Chronicles 13:21

But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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2 Chronicles 13:22

Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.

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Quotations 2 Chronicles 13:1-22 → 1 Kings 15:1-8, 2 Chronicles 13:1-23 → 1 Kings 15:1-8, 2 Chronicles 13:5 → Numbers 18:19
Allusions 2 Chronicles 13:5 → 1 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 13:6 → 1 Kings 11:26-40
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