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13:1 In the eighteenth <06240> <08083> year <08141> of the reign of King <04428> Jeroboam <03379>, Abijah <029> became king <04427> over <05921> Judah <03063>. 13:2 He ruled <04427> for three <07969> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Michaiah <04322>, the daughter <01323> of Uriel <0222> from <04480> Gibeah <01390>. There was <01961> war <04421> between <0996> <0996> Abijah <029> and Jeroboam <03379>. 13:3 Abijah <029> launched <0631> the attack <04421> <04421> with <05973> 400,000 <0505> <03967> <0702> well-trained <0970> <0376> warriors <01368> <02428>, while Jeroboam <03379> deployed <06186> against him 800,000 <0505> <03967> <08083> well-trained <0970> <0376> warriors <02428> <01368>. 13:4 Abijah <029> ascended <06965> Mount <02022> Zemaraim <06787>, in <05921> the Ephraimite <0669> hill country <02022>, and said <0559>: “Listen <08085> to me, Jeroboam <03379> and all <03605> Israel <03478>! 13:5 Don’t <03808> you realize <03045> that <03588> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> has given <05414> David <01732> and his dynasty <01121> lasting <05769> dominion <04467> over <05921> Israel <03478> by a formal <04417> agreement <01285>? 13:6 Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Nebat <05028>, a servant <05650> of Solomon <08010> son <01121> of David <01732>, rose up <06965> and rebelled <04775> against <05921> his master <0113>. 13:7 Lawless <07386> good-for-nothing <01100> <01121> men <0582> gathered around <06908> him and conspired <0553> against <05921> Rehoboam <07346> son <01121> of Solomon <08010>, when Rehoboam <07346> was <01961> an inexperienced <03824> <07390> young man <05288> and could not <03808> resist <02388> them. 13:8 Now <06258> you <0859> are declaring <0559> that you will resist <02388> the Lord’s <03068> rule <04467> through <03027> the Davidic <01732> dynasty <01121>. You <0859> have a huge <07227> army <01995>, and bring with <05973> you the gold <02091> calves <05695> that <0834> Jeroboam <03379> made <06213> for you as gods <0430>. 13:9 But you banished <05080> the Lord’s <03068> priests <03548>, Aaron’s <0175> descendants <01121>, and the Levites <03881>, and appointed <06213> your own priests <03548> just as the surrounding <0776> nations <05971> do! Anyone <03605> who comes <0935> to consecrate <03027> <04390> himself with a young <01241> <01121> bull <06499> or seven <07651> rams <0352> becomes <01961> a priest <03548> of these fake <03808> gods <0430>! 13:10 But as for us <0587>, the Lord <03068> is our God <0430> and we have not <03808> rejected <05800> him. Aaron’s <0175> descendants <01121> serve <08334> as the Lord’s <03068> priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> assist them with the work <04399>. 13:11 They offer <06999> burnt sacrifices <05930> to the Lord <03068> every morning <01242> <01242> and every evening <06153> <06153>, along with fragrant <05561> incense <07004>. They arrange the Bread <03899> of the Presence <04635> on <05921> a ritually clean <02889> table <07979> and light <01197> the lamps <05216> on the gold <02091> lampstand <04501> every evening <06153> <06153>. Certainly <03588> we <0587> are observing <08104> the Lord <03068> our God’s <0430> regulations <04931>, but you <0859> have rejected <05800> him. 13:12 Now look <02009>, God <0430> is with <05973> us as our leader <07218>. His priests <03548> are ready to blow <08643> the trumpets <02689> to signal the attack <07321> against <05921> you. You Israelites <03478> <01121>, don’t <0408> fight <03898> against <05973> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of your ancestors <01>, for <03588> you will not <03808> win <06743>!” 13:13 Now Jeroboam <03379> had sent <0935> some men to ambush <03993> the Judahite army from behind <0310>. The main army was <01961> in front <06440> of the Judahite <03063> army; the ambushers <03993> were behind <0310> it. 13:14 The men of Judah <03063> turned <06437> around and realized <02009> they were being attacked <04421> from the front <06440> and the rear <0268>. So they cried out <06817> for help to the Lord <03068>. The priests <03548> blew <02690> their trumpets <02689>, 13:15 and the men <0376> of Judah <03063> gave the battle <07321> cry <07321>. As the men <0376> of Judah <03063> gave <07321> the battle cry <07321>, the Lord struck <05062> down Jeroboam <03379> and all <03605> Israel <03478> before <06440> Abijah <029> and Judah <03063>. 13:16 The Israelites <03478> <01121> fled <05127> from before <06440> the Judahite <03063> army, and God <0430> handed <03027> <05414> them over <03027> <05414> to the men of Judah. 13:17 Abijah <029> and his army <05971> thoroughly <04347> defeated <05221> them; 500,000 <0505> <03967> <02568> well-trained <0970> Israelite <03478> men <0376> fell <05307> dead <02491>. 13:18 That day <06256> the Israelites <03478> <01121> were defeated <03665>; the men <01121> of Judah <03063> prevailed <0553> because <03588> they relied <08172> on <05921> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of their ancestors <01>. 13:19 Abijah <029> chased <07291> Jeroboam <03379>; he seized <03920> from <04480> him these cities <05892>: Bethel <01008> and its surrounding towns <01323>, Jeshanah <03466> and its surrounding towns <01323>, and Ephron <06085> and its surrounding towns <01323>. 13:20 Jeroboam <03379> did not <03808> regain <03581> power during <03117> <05750> the reign of Abijah <029>. The Lord <03068> struck <05062> him down and he died <04191>. 13:21 Abijah’s <029> power <02388> grew <05375>; he had fourteen <06240> <0702> wives <0802> and fathered <03205> twenty-two <08147> <06242> sons <01121> and sixteen <06240> <08337> daughters <01323>. 13:22 The rest <03499> of the events of Abijah’s <029> reign, including his deeds <01870> and sayings <01697> <01697>, are recorded <03789> in the writings <04097> of the prophet <05030> Iddo <05714>.

• 2Ch 13:1--14:1 -- Abijah's Reign

• Zelotes

  [ebd] (Luke 6:15). See SIMON; ZEALOTS.
  

• WAR; WARFARE

  [isbe] WAR; WARFARE - wor, wor'-far (milchamah, 'anshe m., "men of war," "soldiers"; polemos, polemein, strateuesthai, stratia): 1. Religious Significance 2. Preliminaries 3. Operations of War 4. Strategy 5. Important Requisites 6....
  

• ORDER

  [isbe] ORDER - or'-der (`arakh, "to arrange"; tassein (> diatassein, taxis, tagma)): "Order" in Biblical phrases may indicate (1) arrangement in rows, (2) sequence in time, (3) classification and organization, (4) likeness or manne...
  

• MICHAIAH

  [ebd] (1.) The queen-mother of King Abijah (2 Chr. 13:2). (See MAACAH). (2.) One of those sent out by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people in the law (2 Chr. 17:7). (3.) 2 Kings 22:12. (4.) The son of Gemariah. He reported to the ki...
  [smith] (who is like God?). Same as MICAH 6. (2 Chronicles 34:25) Same as MICHA 3. (1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 12:35) One of the priests at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 12:41) The daughter of Uriel of Gi...
  

• LAMP

  [ebd] (1.) That part of the candle-sticks of the tabernacle and the temple which bore the light (Ex. 25:37; 1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chr. 4:20; 13:11; Zech. 4:2). Their form is not described. Olive oil was generally burned in them (Ex. 27:...
  [smith] That part of the golden candlestick belonging to the tabernacle which bore the light; also of each of the ten candlesticks placed by Solomon in the temple before the holy of holies. (Exodus 25:37; 1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chron...
  

• Jeroboam

  [isbe] JEROBOAM - jer-o-bo'-am (yarobh`am; Septuagint Hieroboam, usually assumed to have been derived from riyb and `am, and signifying "the people contend," or, "he pleads the people's cause"): The name was borne by two kings of I...
  [smith] (whose people are many). The first king of the divided kingdom of Israel, B.C. 975-954, was the son of an Ephraimite of the name of Nebat. He was raised by Solomon to the rank of superintendent over the taxes and labors exac...
  [nave] JEROBOAM: 1. First king of Israel after the revolt. Promoted by Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:28. Ahijah's prophecy concerning, 1 Kin. 11:29-39; 14:5-16. Flees to Egypt to escape from Solomon, 1 Kin. 11:26-40. Recalled from Egypt by...
  

• JUDAH, KINGDOM OF

  [isbe] JUDAH, KINGDOM OF - || I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY 1. The Coming of the Semites 2. The Canaanites 3. The Israelite Confederacy 4. Migration into Canaan 5. The Bond of Union 6. Early Rulers 7. The Judges 8. Hereditary Kings...
  [smith] Extent. --When the disruption of Solomon?s kingdom took place at Shechem, B.C. 975, only the tribe of Judah followed David, but almost immediately afterward the larger part of Benjamin joined Judah. A part, if no all, of the ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF

  [isbe] ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF - || I. THE FIRST PERIOD 1. The Two Kingdoms 2. The Ist Dynasty 3. The IInd Dynasty 4. Civil War II. PERIOD OF THE SYRIAN WARS 1. The IIIrd Dynasty 2. World-Politics 3. Battle of Karkar 4. Loss of Territor...
  

• ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 3

  [isbe] ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 3 - V. Period of the Separated Kingdoms. 1. Contrasts and Vicissitudes of the Kingdoms: The two separated kingdoms differed materially. The kingdom of Ephraim was the more powerful of the two. It embraced...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Faithfulness

  [nave] FAITHFULNESS. Psa. 12:1; Psa. 31:23; Prov. 20:6; Prov. 28:20; Matt. 10:22; Matt. 24:45-47 Luke 12:42-44. Matt. 25:14-23 Luke 19:12-27. Luke 16:10-12; 1 Cor. 4:2; Col. 3:22 Eph. 6:5-9. Rev. 2:10 See: Obedience, Exhortation t...
  

• Faith

  [nave] FAITH. 2 Sam. 22:31; Psa. 5:11; Psa. 7:1; Psa. 9:9, 10; Psa. 18:30; Psa. 32:10; Psa. 33:18, 19; Psa. 34:8, 22 vs. 1-8;; Psa. 2:12. Psa. 36:7; Psa. 40:4; Psa. 64:10; Psa. 78:7 vs. 5-7.; Psa. 84:5, 12; Psa. 112:5, 7, 8; Psa. ...
  

• Earth

  [ebd] (1.) In the sense of soil or ground, the translation of the word adamah'. In Gen. 9:20 "husbandman" is literally "man of the ground or earth." Altars were to be built of earth (Ex. 20:24). Naaman asked for two mules' burden ...
  

• EPHRAIM, MOUNT

  [smith] is a district which seems to extend as far south as Ramah and Bethel, (1 Samuel 1:1; 7:17; 2 Chronicles 13:4,19) compared with 2Chr 15:8 Places but a few miles north of Jerusalem, and within the limits of Benjamin.
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• BAMAH

  [isbe] BAMAH - ba'-ma, ba'-ma (bamah, "high place"): The word appears in Ezek 20:29 where reference is made to former "high-place worship," the prophet speaking with contempt of such manner of worship. Ewald suggests a play of word...
  

• Alliance

  [ebd] a treaty between nations, or between individuals, for their mutual advantage. Abraham formed an alliance with some of the Canaanitish princes (Gen. 14:13), also with Abimelech (21:22-32). Joshua and the elders of Israel ente...
  

• Abijam

  [nave] ABIJAM, called also Abijah and Abia. King of Judah, 1 Kin. 14:31; 15:1; 2 Chr. 12:16. History of, 1 Kin. 15:1-8; 2 Chr. 11:22; 13. Succeeded by Asa, 1 Kin. 15:8; 2 Chr. 14:1.
  

• ABIJAH

  [ebd] father (i.e., "possessor or worshipper") of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 7:8. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:24. (3.) The second son of Samuel (1 Sam. 8:2; 1 Chr. 6:28). His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which...
  [isbe] ABIJAH - a-bi'-ja ('abhiyah or 'abhiyahu (2 Ch 13:20,21), "my father is Yahweh," or "Yahweh is father"): The name of six or more men and two women in the Old Testament. (1) The seventh son of Becher the son of Benjamin (1 Ch...
  

• King Abijah

  

• [2Ch 13:12] The Old Ship Of Zion

  I was drifting away on life’s pitiless sea, And the angry waves threatened my ruin to be, When away at my side, there I dimly descried, A stately old vessel, and loudly I cried: “Ship ahoy! Ship ahoy!” And loudly I cried: “Ship ahoy!” ’Twas the “old ship of Zion,” thus sailing along, All aboard her seemed joyous, I heard their sweet song; And the Captain’s kind ear, ever ready to hear, Caught my wail of distress, as I cried out in fear: “Ship ahoy! Ship ahoy!” As I cried out in fear: “Ship ahoy!” The good Captain commanded a boat to be low’red, And with tender compassion He took me on board; And I’m happy today, all my sins washed away In the blood of my Savior, and now I can say: “Bless the Lord! Bless the Lord!” From my soul I can say: “Bless the Lord!” O soul, sinking down ’neath sin’s merciless wave, The strong arm of our Captain is mighty to save; Then trust Him today, no longer delay, Board the old ship of Zion, and shout on your way: “Jesus saves! Jesus saves!” Shout and sing on your way: “Jesus saves!”

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