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 King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over 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

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. 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 joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valour.

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

Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Hear me, 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

Ought you not to know that the LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons 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 the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord.

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

Worthless men were gathered to him, wicked fellows who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted, and could not withstand 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

“Now you intend to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David. You are a great multitude, and the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods are with you.

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

Haven’t you driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves according to the ways of the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of those who are no 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, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests serving the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work.

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

They burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also set the show bread in order on the pure table, and care for the gold lamp stand with its lamps, to burn every evening; for we keep the instruction of the LORD our God, but 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

Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the shofars of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don’t fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”

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

But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and 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 looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to the LORD, and the priests sounded with the shofars.

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

Then the men of Judah gave a shout. As the men of Judah shouted, God struck 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

The children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.

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

Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down 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 children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children 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 took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.

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

Jeroboam didn’t recover strength again in the days of Abijah. The LORD struck him, 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 mighty and took for himself 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

The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways, and his sayings are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.