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2 Chronicles 20:1

20:1

It came to pass after this
<0310>

also, [that] the children
<01121>

of Moab
<04124>_,

and the children
<01121>

of Ammon
<05983>_,

and with them [other] beside the Ammonites
<05984>_,

came
<0935> (8804)

against Jehoshaphat
<03092>

to battle
<04421>_.

2 Chronicles 12:1--13:22

12:1

And it came to pass, when Rehoboam
<07346>

had established
<03559> (8687)

the kingdom
<04438>_,

and had strengthened
<02393>

himself, he forsook
<05800> (8804)

the law
<08451>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and all Israel
<03478>

with him.

12:2

And it came to pass, [that] in the fifth
<02549>

year
<08141>

of king
<04428>

Rehoboam
<07346>

Shishak
<07895>

king
<04428>

of Egypt
<04714>

came up
<05927> (8804)

against Jerusalem
<03389>_,

because they had transgressed
<04603> (8804)

against the LORD
<03068>_,

12:3

With twelve hundred
<03967> <0505>

chariots
<07393>_,

and threescore
<08346>

thousand
<0505>

horsemen
<06571>_:

and the people
<05971>

[were] without number
<04557>

that came
<0935> (8804)

with him out of Egypt
<04714>_;

the Lubims
<03864>_,

the Sukkiims
<05525>_,

and the Ethiopians
<03569>_.

12:4

And he took
<03920> (8799)

the fenced
<04694>

cities
<05892>

which [pertained] to Judah
<03063>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

12:5

Then came
<0935> (8804)

Shemaiah
<08098>

the prophet
<05030>

to Rehoboam
<07346>_,

and [to] the princes
<08269>

of Judah
<03063>_,

that were gathered together
<0622> (8738)

to Jerusalem
<03389>

because
<06440>

of Shishak
<07895>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

Ye have forsaken
<05800> (8804)

me, and therefore have I also
<0637>

left
<05800> (8804)

you in the hand
<03027>

of Shishak
<07895>_.

12:6

Whereupon the princes
<08269>

of Israel
<03478>

and the king
<04428>

humbled
<03665> (8735)

themselves; and they said
<0559> (8799)_,

The LORD
<03068>

[is] righteous
<06662>_.

12:7

And when the LORD
<03068>

saw
<07200> (8800)

that they humbled
<03665> (8738)

themselves, the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

came to Shemaiah
<08098>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

They have humbled
<03665> (8738)

themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy
<07843> (8686)

them, but I will grant
<05414> (8804)

them some
<04592>

deliverance
<06413>_;

and my wrath
<02534>

shall not be poured out
<05413> (8799)

upon Jerusalem
<03389>

by the hand
<03027>

of Shishak
<07895>_.

{some: or, a little while}

12:8

Nevertheless they shall be his servants
<05650>_;

that they may know
<03045> (8799)

my service
<05656>_,

and the service
<05656>

of the kingdoms
<04467>

of the countries
<0776>_.

12:9

So Shishak
<07895>

king
<04428>

of Egypt
<04714>

came up
<05927> (8799)

against Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and took away
<03947> (8799)

the treasures
<0214>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and the treasures
<0214>

of the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_;

he took
<03947> (8804)

all: he carried away
<03947> (8799)

also the shields
<04043>

of gold
<02091>

which Solomon
<08010>

had made
<06213> (8804)_.

12:10

Instead of which king
<04428>

Rehoboam
<07346>

made
<06213> (8799)

shields
<04043>

of brass
<05178>_,

and committed
<06485> (8689)

[them] to the hands
<03027>

of the chief
<08269>

of the guard
<07323> (8801)_,

that kept
<08104> (8802)

the entrance
<06607>

of the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_.

12:11

And when
<01767>

the king
<04428>

entered
<0935> (8800)

into the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

the guard
<07323> (8801)

came
<0935> (8804)

and fetched
<05375> (8804)

them, and brought them again
<07725> (8689)

into the guard
<07323> (8801)

chamber
<08372>_.

12:12

And when he humbled
<03665> (8736)

himself, the wrath
<0639>

of the LORD
<03068>

turned
<07725> (8804)

from him, that he would not destroy
<07843> (8687)

[him] altogether
<03617>_:

and also in Judah
<03063>

things
<01697>

went well
<02896>_.

{and also...: or, and yet in Judah there were good things}

12:13

So king
<04428>

Rehoboam
<07346>

strengthened
<02388> (8691)

himself in Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and reigned
<04427> (8799)_:

for Rehoboam
<07346>

[was] one
<0259>

and forty
<0705>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

seventeen
<07651> <06240>

years
<08141>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_,

the city
<05892>

which the LORD
<03068>

had chosen
<0977> (8804)

out of all the tribes
<07626>

of Israel
<03478>_,

to put
<07760> (8800)

his name
<08034>

there. And his mother's
<0517>

name
<08034>

[was] Naamah
<05279>

an Ammonitess
<05985>_.

12:14

And he did
<06213> (8799)

evil
<07451>_,

because he prepared
<03559> (8689)

not his heart
<03820>

to seek
<01875> (8800)

the LORD
<03068>_.

{prepared: or, fixed}

12:15

Now the acts
<01697>

of Rehoboam
<07346>_,

first
<07223>

and last
<0314>_,

[are] they not written
<03789> (8803)

in the book
<01697>

of Shemaiah
<08098>

the prophet
<05030>_,

and of Iddo
<05714>

the seer
<02374>

concerning genealogies
<03187> (8692)_?

And [there were] wars
<04421>

between Rehoboam
<07346>

and Jeroboam
<03379>

continually
<03117>_.

{book: Heb. words}

12:16

And Rehoboam
<07346>

slept
<07901> (8799)

with his fathers
<01>_,

and was buried
<06912> (8735)

in the city
<05892>

of David
<01732>_:

and Abijah
<029>

his son
<01121>

reigned
<04427> (8799)

in his stead. {Abijah: also called, Abijam}

13:1

Now in the eighteenth
<08083> <06240>

year
<08141>

of king
<04428>

Jeroboam
<03379>

began Abijah
<029>

to reign
<04427> (8799)

over Judah
<03063>_.

13:2

He reigned
<04427> (8804)

three
<07969>

years
<08141>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

His mother's
<0517>

name
<08034>

also [was] Michaiah
<04322>

the daughter
<01323>

of Uriel
<0222>

of Gibeah
<01390>_.

And there was war
<04421>

between Abijah
<029>

and Jeroboam
<03379>_.

13:3

And Abijah
<029>

set
<0631> (0)

the battle
<04421>

in array
<0631> (8799)

with an army
<02428>

of valiant men
<01368>

of war
<04421>_,

[even] four
<0702>

hundred
<03967>

thousand
<0505>

chosen
<0977> (8803)

men
<0376>_:

Jeroboam
<03379>

also set the battle
<04421>

in array
<06186> (8804)

against him with eight
<08083>

hundred
<03967>

thousand
<0505>

chosen
<0977> (8803)

men
<0376>_,

[being] mighty men
<01368>

of valour
<02428>_.

{Abijah set: Heb. Abijah bound together}

13:4

And Abijah
<029>

stood up
<06965> (8799)

upon mount
<02022>

Zemaraim
<06787>_,

which [is] in mount
<02022>

Ephraim
<0669>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Hear
<08085> (8798)

me, thou Jeroboam
<03379>_,

and all Israel
<03478>_;

13:5

Ought ye not to know
<03045> (8800)

that the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>

gave
<05414> (8804)

the kingdom
<04467>

over Israel
<03478>

to David
<01732>

for ever
<05769>_,

[even] to him and to his sons
<01121>

by a covenant
<01285>

of salt
<04417>_?

13:6

Yet Jeroboam
<03379>

the son
<01121>

of Nebat
<05028>_,

the servant
<05650>

of Solomon
<08010>

the son
<01121>

of David
<01732>_,

is risen up
<06965> (8799)_,

and hath rebelled
<04775> (8799)

against his lord
<0113>_.

13:7

And there are gathered
<06908> (8735)

unto him vain
<07386>

men
<0582>_,

the children
<01121>

of Belial
<01100>_,

and have strengthened
<0553> (8691)

themselves against Rehoboam
<07346>

the son
<01121>

of Solomon
<08010>_,

when Rehoboam
<07346>

was young
<05288>

and tenderhearted
<07390> <03824>_,

and could not withstand
<02388> (8694)

them
<06440>_.

13:8

And now ye think
<0559> (8802)

to withstand
<02388> (8692)

the kingdom
<06440> <04467>

of the LORD
<03068>

in the hand
<03027>

of the sons
<01121>

of David
<01732>_;

and ye [be] a great
<07227>

multitude
<01995>_,

and [there are] with you golden
<02091>

calves
<05695>_,

which Jeroboam
<03379>

made
<06213> (8804)

you for gods
<0430>_.

13:9

Have ye not cast out
<05080> (8689)

the priests
<03548>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

the sons
<01121>

of Aaron
<0175>_,

and the Levites
<03881>_,

and have made
<06213> (8799)

you priests
<03548>

after the manner of the nations
<05971>

of [other] lands
<0776>_?

so that whosoever cometh
<0935> (8802)

to consecrate
<04390> (8763) <03027>

himself with a young
<01121> <01241>

bullock
<06499>

and seven
<07651>

rams
<0352>_,

[the same] may be a priest
<03548>

of [them that are] no
<03808>

gods
<0430>_.

{to consecrate...: Heb. to fill his hand}

13:10

But as for us, the LORD
<03068>

[is] our God
<0430>_,

and we have not forsaken
<05800> (8804)

him; and the priests
<03548>_,

which minister
<08334> (8764)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

[are] the sons
<01121>

of Aaron
<0175>_,

and the Levites
<03881>

[wait] upon [their] business
<04399>_:

13:11

And they burn
<06999> (8688)

unto the LORD
<03068>

every morning
<01242>

and every evening
<06153>

burnt sacrifices
<05930>

and sweet
<05561>

incense
<07004>_:

the shewbread
<03899> <04635>

also [set they in order] upon the pure
<02889>

table
<07979>_;

and the candlestick
<04501>

of gold
<02091>

with the lamps
<05216>

thereof, to burn
<01197> (8763)

every evening
<06153>_:

for we keep
<08104> (8802)

the charge
<04931>

of the LORD
<03068>

our God
<0430>_;

but ye have forsaken
<05800> (8804)

him.

13:12

And, behold, God
<0430>

himself [is] with us for [our] captain
<07218>_,

and his priests
<03548>

with sounding
<08643>

trumpets
<02689>

to cry alarm
<07321> (8687)

against you. O children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

fight
<03898> (8735)

ye not against the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of your fathers
<01>_;

for ye shall not prosper
<06743> (8686)_.

13:13

But Jeroboam
<03379>

caused an ambushment
<03993>

to come
<0935> (8800)

about
<05437> (8689)

behind
<0310>

them: so they were before
<06440>

Judah
<03063>_,

and the ambushment
<03993>

[was] behind
<0310>

them.

13:14

And when Judah
<03063>

looked back
<06437> (8799)_,

behold, the battle
<04421>

[was] before
<06440>

and behind
<0268>_:

and they cried
<06817> (8799)

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and the priests
<03548>

sounded
<02690> (8688) (8675) <02690> (8764)

with the trumpets
<02689>_.

13:15

Then the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

gave a shout
<07321> (8686)_:

and as the men
<0376>

of Judah
<03063>

shouted
<07321> (8687)_,

it came to pass, that God
<0430>

smote
<05062> (8804)

Jeroboam
<03379>

and all Israel
<03478>

before
<06440>

Abijah
<029>

and Judah
<03063>_.

13:16

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

fled
<05127> (8799)

before
<06440>

Judah
<03063>_:

and God
<0430>

delivered
<05414> (8799)

them into their hand
<03027>_.

13:17

And Abijah
<029>

and his people
<05971>

slew
<05221> (8686)

them with a great
<07227>

slaughter
<04347>_:

so there fell down
<05307> (8799)

slain
<02491>

of Israel
<03478>

five
<02568>

hundred
<03967>

thousand
<0505>

chosen
<0977> (8803)

men
<0376>_.

13:18

Thus the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

were brought
<03665> (8735)

under at that time
<06256>_,

and the children
<01121>

of Judah
<03063>

prevailed
<0553> (8799)_,

because they relied
<08172> (8738)

upon the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of their fathers
<01>_.

13:19

And Abijah
<029>

pursued
<07291> (8799)

after
<0310>

Jeroboam
<03379>_,

and took
<03920> (8799)

cities
<05892>

from him, Bethel
<01008>

with the towns
<01323>

thereof, and Jeshanah
<03466>

with the towns
<01323>

thereof, and Ephrain
<06085>

with the towns
<01323>

thereof.

13:20

Neither did Jeroboam
<03379>

recover
<06113> (8804)

strength
<03581>

again in the days
<03117>

of Abijah
<029>_:

and the LORD
<03068>

struck
<05062> (8799)

him, and he died
<04191> (8799)_.

13:21

But Abijah
<029>

waxed mighty
<02388> (8691)_,

and married
<05375> (8799)

fourteen
<0702> <06240>

wives
<0802>_,

and begat
<03205> (8686)

twenty
<06242>

and two
<08147>

sons
<01121>_,

and sixteen
<08337> <06240>

daughters
<01323>_.

13:22

And the rest
<03499>

of the acts
<01697>

of Abijah
<029>_,

and his ways
<01870>_,

and his sayings
<01697>_,

[are] written
<03789> (8803)

in the story
<04097>

of the prophet
<05030>

Iddo
<05714>_.