2 Chronicles 13

1 in/on/with year eight ten to/for king Jeroboam and to reign Abijah upon Judah

In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,

2 three year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Micaiah daughter Uriel from Gibeah and battle to be between Abijah and between Jeroboam

and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 and to bind Abijah [obj] [the] battle in/on/with strength: soldiers mighty man battle four hundred thousand man to choose and Jeroboam to arrange with him battle in/on/with eight hundred thousand man to choose mighty man strength

Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.

4 and to arise: rise Abijah from upon to/for mountain: mount (Mount) Zemaraim which in/on/with mountain: hill country Ephraim and to say to hear: hear me Jeroboam and all Israel

Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!

5 not to/for you to/for to know for LORD God Israel to give: give kingdom to/for David upon Israel to/for forever: enduring to/for him and to/for son: descendant/people his covenant salt

Do you not 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 and to arise: rise Jeroboam son: child Nebat servant/slave Solomon son: child David and to rebel upon lord his

Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

7 and to gather upon him human worthless son: type of Belial and to strengthen upon Rehoboam son: child Solomon and Rehoboam to be youth and tender heart and not to strengthen: prevail over to/for face of their

Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.

8 and now you(m. p.) to say to/for to strengthen: prevail over to/for face: before kingdom LORD in/on/with hand: power son: descendant/people David and you(m. p.) crowd many and with you calf gold which to make to/for you Jeroboam to/for God

And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

9 not to banish [obj] priest LORD [obj] son: child Aaron and [the] Levi and to make to/for you priest like/as people [the] land: country/planet all [the] to come (in): come to/for to fill hand: donate his in/on/with bullock son: young animal cattle and ram seven and to be priest to/for not God

But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.

10 and we LORD God our and not to leave: forsake him and priest to minister to/for LORD son: child Aaron and [the] Levi in/on/with work

But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

11 and to offer: offer to/for LORD burnt offering in/on/with morning in/on/with morning and in/on/with evening in/on/with evening and incense spice and row food: bread upon [the] table [the] pure and lampstand [the] gold and lamp her to/for to burn: burn in/on/with evening in/on/with evening for to keep: obey we [obj] charge LORD God our and you(m. p.) to leave: forsake [obj] him

Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.

12 and behold with us in/on/with head: leader [the] God and priest his and trumpet [the] shout to/for to shout upon you son: child Israel not to fight with LORD God father your for not to prosper

Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”

13 and Jeroboam to turn: surround [obj] [the] ambush to/for to come (in): come from after them and to be to/for face: before Judah and [the] ambush from after them

Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.

14 and to turn Judah and behold to/for them [the] battle face: before and back and to cry to/for LORD and [the] priest (to blow *Q(k)*) in/on/with trumpet

When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,

15 and to shout man Judah and to be in/on/with to shout man Judah and [the] God to strike [obj] Jeroboam and all Israel to/for face: before Abijah and Judah

and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

16 and to flee son: descendant/people Israel from face: before Judah and to give: give them God in/on/with hand: power their

So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.

17 and to smite in/on/with them Abijah and people his wound many and to fall: kill slain: killed from Israel five hundred thousand man to choose

Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.

18 and be humble son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with time [the] he/she/it and to strengthen son: descendant/people Judah for to lean upon LORD God father their

Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.

19 and to pursue Abijah after Jeroboam and to capture from him city [obj] Bethel Bethel and [obj] daughter: village her and [obj] Jeshanah and [obj] daughter: village her and [obj] (Ephron *Q(K)*) and daughter: village her

Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.

20 and not to restrain strength Jeroboam still in/on/with day Abijah and to strike him LORD and to die

Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.

21 and to strengthen: strengthen Abijah and to lift: marry to/for him woman: wife four ten and to beget twenty and two son: child and six ten daughter

But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

22 and remainder word: deed Abijah and way: conduct his and word his to write in/on/with story [the] prophet Iddo

Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.