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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>.

• 2Ch 13:1--14:1 -- Abijah's Reign

• 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...
  [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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [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...
  

• 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...
  

• War

  [nave] WAR Divine approval of, 2 Sam. 22:35. Civil, Judg. 12:1-6; 20; 2 Sam. 2:12-31; 3:1; 20; 1 Kin. 14:30; 16:21; Isa. 19:2; forbidden, 2 Chr. 11:4; averted, Josh. 22:11-34. Enemy harangued by general of opposing side, 2 Kin. 1...
  

• Zelotes

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

• Rebellion

  [nave] REBELLION, treasonable, Prov. 17:11. Instances of Absalom, 2 Sam. 15-18. Sheba, 2 Sam. 20. Revolt of the ten tribes, 1 Kin. 12:16-20; 2 Chr. 10; 13:5-12. See: Insurrection; Mutiny; Revolt; Sin; Usurpation.
  

• Salt

  [ebd] used to season food (Job 6:6), and mixed with the fodder of cattle (Isa. 30:24, "clean;" in marg. of R.V. "salted"). All meat-offerings were seasoned with salt (Lev. 2:13). To eat salt with one is to partake of his hospitali...
  [isbe] SALT - solt (melach; halas, hals): Common salt is considered by most authorities as an essential ingredient of our food. Most people intentionally season their cooking with more or less salt for the sake of palatability. Oth...
  [smith] Indispensable as salt is to ourselves, it was even more so to the Hebrews, being to them not only an appetizing condiment in the food both of man, (Job 11:6) and beset, (Isaiah 30:24) see margin, and a valuable antidote to th...
  [nave] SALT Lot's wife turned into a pillar of, Gen. 19:26. The city of Salt, Josh. 15:62. The valley of salt, 2 Sam. 8:13; 2 Kin. 14:7. Salt sea, Gen. 14:3; Num. 34:12; Deut. 3:17; Josh. 3:16; 12:3; 15:2. Salt pits, Zeph. 2:9....
  

• Maachah

  [ebd] oppression, a small Syrian kingdom near Geshur, east of the Hauran, the district of Batanea (Josh. 13:13; 2 Sam. 10:6,8; 1 Chr. 19:7). (2.) A daughter of Talmai, king of the old native population of Geshur. She became one of...
  [smith] (oppression). The daughter of Nahor by his concubine Beumah. (Genesis 22:24) The father of Achish who was king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon?s reign. (1 Kings 2:39) The daughter, or more probably granddaughter, of A...
  [nave] MAACHAH 1. Son of Nahor, Gen. 22:24. 2. Called also Maacah. Mother of Absalom, 2 Sam. 3:3; 1 Chr. 3:2. 3. Called also Maoch. Father of Achish, 1 Sam. 27:2; 1 Kin. 2:39. 4. Called also Michaiah. Mother of Abijam and grandm...
  

• Zemaraim

  [isbe] ZEMARAIM - zem-a-ra'-im (cemdrayim; Codex Vaticanus Sara; Codex Alexandrinus Semrim): A city in the territory of Benjamin. It is named between Betharabah and Bethel (Josh 18:22), and is probably to be sought East of the latt...
  [smith] (double fleece of wool), a town in the allotment of Benjamin, (Joshua 18:22) perhaps identical with Mount Zemaraim, mentioned in (2 Chronicles 13:4) only, which was "in Mount Ephraim," that is to say, within the general di...
  [nave] ZEMARAIM 1. A city of Benjamin, Josh. 18:22. 2. A part of Mount Ephraim, 2 Chr. 13:4.
  

• Uriel

  [ebd] God is my light. (1.) A Levite of the family of Kohath (1 Chr. 6:24). (2.) The chief of the Kohathites at the time when the ark was brought up to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:5, 11). (3.) The father of Michaiah, one of Rehoboam's wi...
  [smith] A Kohathite Levite, son of Tahath. (1 Chronicles 6:24) Chief of the Kohathites in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 15:5,11) (B.C. 1043.) Uriel of Gibeah was the father of Maachah or Michaiah the favorite wife of Rehob...
  [nave] URIEL 1. A Levite. Son of Tahath, 1 Chr. 6:24. 2. A Levite. Assisted in moving the ark, 1 Chr. 15:5, 11, 12. 3. Grandfather of King Abijah, 2 Chr. 13:2.
  

• 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. ...
  

• Reproof

  [nave] REPROOF. Lev. 19:17; Psa. 141:5; Prov. 9:7, 8; Prov. 10:17; Prov. 12:1; Prov. 13:18; Prov. 15:5, 10, 12, 31, 32; Prov. 17:10; Prov. 19:25; Prov. 21:11; Prov. 25:12; Prov. 26:5; Prov. 27:5, 6; Prov. 28:23; Eccl. 7:5; Amos 5:...
  

• Theocracy

  [isbe] THEOCRACY - the-ok'-ra-si (theokratia, from theos, "a god," and kratos, "power"; after the analogy of the words "democracy," "aristocracy," and the like): "Theocracy" is not a Biblical word. The idea, however, is Biblical, a...
  [nave] THEOCRACY Established, Ex. 19:8; 24:3, 7; Deut. 5:25-29; 33:2-5; Judg. 8:23; 1 Sam. 12:12. Rejected by Israel, 1 Sam. 8:7, 19; 10:19; 2 Chr. 13:8. See: God, Sovereign; Government.
  

• King Abijah

  

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