6
Yet Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the slave of Solomon the son of David, is risen up and has rebelled against his lord.
7
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the sons of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted and could not withstand them.
8
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David because ye
are a great multitude, and ye have with you the golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
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 peoples of
other lands, so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams,
the same may become a priest of those that are not gods.
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;
11
and they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and aromatic incense, and they place the showbread upon the clean table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening; for we keep the charge of the LORD our God, but ye have forsaken him.
12
And, behold, God himself
is with us for
our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers, for ye shall not prosper.
13
But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambush
was behind them.
14
So when Judah looked back, behold, the battle
was before and behind; and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
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.
16
And the sons of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.