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2 Chronicles 13

Abijah Succeeds Rehoboam

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 aIn the eighteenthh8083h6240 yearh8141 of Kingh4428 Jeroboamh3379, Abijahh29 becameh4427a kingh4427a overh5921 Judahh3063.

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He reignedh4427a threeh7969 yearsh8141 in Jerusalemh3389; and his mother'sh517 nameh8034 was Micaiahh4322 the daughterh1323 of Urielh222 of Gibeahh1390.

 aNow there was warh4421 betweenh996 Abijahh29 and Jeroboamh3379.

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Abijahh29 beganh631 the battleh4421 with an armyh2428 of valianth1368 warriorsh1368, 400,000h702h3967h505 chosenh977 menh376, while Jeroboamh3379 drewh6186a up in battleh4421 formationh6186a againsth5973 him with 800,000h8083h3967h505 chosenh977 menh376 who were valianth2428 warriorsh1368.

Civil War

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Then Abijahh29 stoodh6965 on Mounth2022  aZemaraimh6787, whichh834 is in the hillh2022 countryh2022 of Ephraimh669, and saidh559, "Listenh8085 to me, Jeroboamh3379 and allh3605 Israelh3478:

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"Do you not knowh3045 that  athe LORDh3068 Godh430 of Israelh3478 gaveh5414 the ruleh4467 overh5921 Israelh3478 foreverh5769 to Davidh1732  1and his sonsh1121 by  ba covenanth1285 of salth4417?

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"Yet  aJeroboamh3379 the sonh1121 of Nebath5028, the servanth5650 of Solomonh8010 the sonh1121 of Davidh1732, roseh6965 up and rebelledh4775 againsth5921 his  1masterh113,

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and worthlessh7386 menh376 gatheredh6908 abouth5921 him, scoundrelsh1121h1100, who provedh553 tooh5921 strongh553 for Rehoboamh7346, the sonh1121 of Solomonh8010, when  1 ahe was youngh5288 and timidh7390h3824 and could not holdh2388 his ownh2388 againsth6440 them.

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"So nowh6258 you intendh559 to resisth2388 the kingdomh4467 of the LORDh3068  1throughh3027 the sonsh1121 of Davidh1732,  2being a greath7227a multitudeh1995 and having with you  athe goldenh2091 calvesh5695 whichh834 Jeroboamh3379 madeh6213a for godsh430 for you.

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aHave you not drivenh5080 out the priestsh3548 of the LORDh3068, the sonsh1121 of Aaronh175 and the Levitesh3881, and madeh6213a for yourselves priestsh3548 like the peoplesh5971a of other landsh776? Whoeverh3605 comesh935  bto consecrateh4390h3027 himselfh3027 with a youngh1121 bullh6499 and sevenh7651 ramsh352a, even he may becomeh1961 a priesth3548 of what are  cnoh3808 godsh430.

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"But as for us, the LORDh3068 is our Godh430, and we have not forsakenh5800a Him; and the sonsh1121 of Aaronh175 are ministeringh8334 to the LORDh3068 as priestsh3548, and the Levitesh3881  1attend to their workh4399.

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"Everyh1242 morningh1242 and eveningh6153  athey  1burnh6999 to the LORDh3068 burnth5930a offeringsh5930a and fragranth5561 incenseh7004, and  bthe showbreadh3899h4635 is set on the cleanh2889 tableh7979, and the goldenh2091 lampstandh4501 with its lampsh5216 is ready to lighth1197a everyh6153 eveningh6153; for we keeph8104 the chargeh4931 of the LORDh3068 our Godh430, but you have forsakenh5800a Him.

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"Now beholdh2009, Godh430 is with us at our headh7218 and  aHis priestsh3548 with the signalh8643 trumpetsh2689 to soundh7321 the alarmh7321 againsth5921 you. O sonsh1121 of Israelh3478, do not fighth3898a againsth5973 the LORDh3068 Godh430 of your fathersh1, for you will not succeedh6743b."

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But Jeroboamh3379  ahad seth5437 an ambushh3993 to comeh935 from the rearh310, so that Israel was in fronth6440 of Judahh3063 and the ambushh3993 was behindh4480h310 them.

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When Judahh3063 turnedh6437 aroundh6437, beholdh2009,  1they were attackedh4421 both fronth6440 and rearh268; so  athey criedh6817 to the LORDh3068, and the priestsh3548 blewh2690 the trumpetsh2689.

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Then the menh376 of Judahh3063 raisedh7321 a war cryh7321, and when the menh376 of Judahh3063 raisedh7321 the war cryh7321, then it was that Godh430  1 aroutedh5062 Jeroboamh3379 and allh3605 Israelh3478 beforeh6440 Abijahh29 and Judahh3063.

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When the sonsh1121 of Israelh3478 fledh5127 beforeh4480h6440 Judahh3063,  aGodh430 gaveh5414 them into their handh3027.

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Abijahh29 and his peopleh5971a defeatedh5221 them with a greath7227a slaughterh4347, so that 500,000h2568h3967h505 chosenh977 menh376 of Israelh3478 fellh5307 slainh2491a.

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Thus the sonsh1121 of Israelh3478 were subduedh3665 at that timeh6256, and the sonsh1121 of Judahh3063  1conqueredh553  abecauseh3588 they trustedh8172 in the LORDh3068, the Godh430 of their fathersh1.

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Abijahh29 pursuedh7291 Jeroboamh3379 and capturedh3920 from him several citiesh5892b, Bethelh1008 with its villagesh1323, Jeshanahh3466 with its villagesh1323 and  1Ephronh6085 with its villagesh1323.

Death of Jeroboam

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Jeroboamh3379 did not againh5750 recoverh6113 strengthh3581b in the daysh3117 of Abijahh29; and the  aLORDh3068 struckh5062 him and  bhe diedh4191.

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But Abijahh29 becameh2388 powerfulh2388; and tookh5375 fourteenh702h6240 wivesh802 to himself, and becameh3205 the fatherh3205 of twenty-twoh6242h8147 sonsh1121 and sixteenh8337ah6240 daughtersh1323.

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Now the resth3499a of the actsh1697 of Abijahh29, and his waysh1870 and his wordsh1697 are writtenh3789 in  athe  1treatiseh4097 of  bthe propheth5030 Iddoh5714.



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