2 Chronicles 13:2-12

2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah,[a] a daughter[b] of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 Abijah went into battle with an army of four hundred thousand able fighting men, and Jeroboam drew up a battle line against him with eight hundred thousand able troops.
4 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me!
5 Don’t you 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?
6 Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, an official of Solomon son of David, rebelled against his master.
7 Some worthless scoundrels gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive and not strong enough to resist them.
8 “And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods.
9 But didn’t you drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own as the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.
10 “As for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests who serve the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites assist them.
11 Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the LORD our God. But you have forsaken him.
12 God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”

Cross References 25

  • 1. 2 Chronicles 15:16
  • 2. S 2 Chronicles 11:20
  • 3. 1 Kings 15:6
  • 4. Joshua 18:22
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 11:1
  • 6. S 2 Samuel 7:13; S 1 Chronicles 17:12
  • 7. S Leviticus 2:13; Numbers 18:19
  • 8. 1 Kings 11:26
  • 9. S Judges 9:4
  • 10. S 1 Chronicles 29:1
  • 11. S 2 Chronicles 9:8
  • 12. 1 Samuel 4:3
  • 13. S Exodus 32:4; 1 Kings 12:28; S 2 Chronicles 11:15
  • 14. S 1 Kings 12:31
  • 15. 2 Chronicles 11:14-15
  • 16. Exodus 29:35-36
  • 17. S Exodus 29:31
  • 18. Jeremiah 2:11; Galatians 4:8
  • 19. S Exodus 29:39; S 2 Chronicles 2:4
  • 20. S Exodus 25:6
  • 21. Leviticus 24:5-9; S 1 Chronicles 9:32
  • 22. S Exodus 25:37
  • 23. S Numbers 10:8-9
  • 24. S Judges 2:15; Acts 5:39
  • 25. Job 9:4; Proverbs 21:30; Proverbs 29:1

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Most Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 11:20 and 1 Kings 15:2); Hebrew "Micaiah"
  • [b]. Or "granddaughter"
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