2 Chronicles 13:3

3 Abijah set his army of warriors in order with 400,000 choice men. Jeroboam arranged his mighty army of 800,000 choice men in battle formation against him.

2 Chronicles 13:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 13:3

And Abijah set the battle in array, with an army of valiant man
of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men
Collected such an army of select men, led them into his enemy's country, and set them in order of battle:

and Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him, with eight
hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour;
double the number of Abijah s army, he having ten tribes to collect out of, and Abijah but two.

2 Chronicles 13:3 In-Context

1 In the eighteenth year of [Israel's] King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah;

2 he reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; [she was] from Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 Abijah set his army of warriors in order with 400,000 choice men. Jeroboam arranged his mighty army of 800,000 choice men in battle formation against him.

4 Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, "Jeroboam and all Israel, hear me.

5 Don't you know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?