2 Chronicles 13:4

4 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the mountains of Ephraim and said, "Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me!

2 Chronicles 13:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 13:4

And Abijah stood upon Mount Zemaraim, which is in Mount
Ephraim
Which might have its name from a city of Benjamin of this name, to which it was near, though within the borders of Ephraim, ( Joshua 18:22 ) formerly inhabited by the Zemarites, from whence it might have its name, ( Genesis 10:18 ) here Abijah stood, that he might be the better heard by the armies pitched in the valley; and very probably he desired a parley, and it was granted, otherwise he would not have been safe in the position in which he was;

and said, hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
as many as were now gathered together, and which were a great number.

2 Chronicles 13:4 In-Context

2 Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Uriel from the town of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 Abijah led an army of four hundred thousand capable soldiers into battle, and Jeroboam prepared to fight him with eight hundred thousand capable soldiers.

4 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the mountains of Ephraim and said, "Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me!

5 You should know that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave David and his sons the right to rule Israel forever by an agreement of salt.

6 But Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of the officers of Solomon, David's son, turned against his master.