Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
In the eighteenth year of king
Jeroboam
--
Abijah reigneth
over
Judah ;
In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s
reign,
Abijah became
king
of
Judah ,
three
years
he hath
reigned in Jerusalem ,
(and
the
name
of
his mother
`is'
Michaiah
daughter of Uriel ,
from Gibeah ,)
and war hath
been
between Abijah and 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.
And
Abijah directeth
the
war
with a
force
of
mighty
men
of war
, four
hundred
thousand
chosen men, and
Jeroboam hath
set
in array
with
him battle,
with eight
hundred
thousand
chosen
men
, mighty of valour
.
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
.
And
Abijah riseth
up
on the
hill
of
Zemaraim that
`is'
in the hill -
country of Ephraim ,
and saith
, `
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!
Is
it
not
for
you to
know that Jehovah
, God of Israel, hath
given the kingdom
to
David
over
Israel to the
age,
to
him
and to
his sons
--
a covenant of 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 ?
and
rise
up
doth
Jeroboam ,
son of Nebat, servant of Solomon son of David, and rebelleth
against his lord!
Yet
Jeroboam son of Nebat, a
servant of Solomon son of David, rose
up
and rebelled
against his master.
`
And there
are
gathered unto
him vain
men,
sons
of
worthlessness,
and
they
strengthen
themselves
against
Rehoboam son of Solomon ,
and
Rehoboam
was a
youth
, and
tender
of
heart
, and hath
not
strengthened
himself
against
them.
Then
worthless
and wicked
men
gathered around
him to
resist
Rehoboam son of Solomon when
he
was young
, inexperienced
, and unable
to
resist
them.
`
And now ,
ye
are
saying
to
strengthen
yourselves
before
the kingdom of Jehovah
in
the hand
of
the sons
of David,
and
ye
`
are '
a numerous
multitude
, and with you calves of
gold
that Jeroboam hath
made to
you
for gods.
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.
`Have
ye
not cast
out the priests of Jehovah
, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites ,
and make
to
you priests like
the peoples of the
lands? every
one
who
hath
come
to fill
his
hand
with a bullock,
a
son
of
the
herd,
and seven rams ,
even
he
hath
been
a priest to
No-
gods !
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 .
`
As for us, Jehovah
`
is '
our God ,
and
we have not forsaken Him ,
and
priests are
ministering
to Jehovah,
sons of Aaron and the Levites ,
in
the
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.
and
are
making
perfume
to
Jehovah,
burnt-offerings
morning
by
morning ,
and evening
by
evening ,
and
perfume
of
spices,
and the arrangement
of bread
`is'
on the pure
table, and the candlestick
of gold ,
and
its
lamps,
to
burn
evening
by
evening,
for
we are keeping
the charge
of Jehovah
our God, and
ye
--
ye
have forsaken 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.
`And
lo
, with us --
at
`
our '
head --
`is'
God
, and His priests and
trumpets of
shouting
to
shout
against you ;
O sons
of Israel, do not fight with
Jehovah
, God of your fathers, for ye
do
not 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
. ”
And
Jeroboam hath
brought
round
the
ambush
to come
in
from behind
them
, and
they
are
before
Judah, and
the ambush `is'
behind 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.
And
Judah turneth,
and lo,
against
them
`is'
the battle ,
before and behind, and
they cry
to Jehovah,
and
the priests are
blowing
with
trumpets,
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,
and the men of Judah shout
--
and
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the shouting
of
the men
of
Judah
, that
God hath
smitten
Jeroboam ,
and all Israel ,
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.
And
the
sons
of
Israel
flee
from
the face
of
Judah, and God giveth
them into their hand,
So
the Israelites
fled
before
Judah, and God delivered
them into their hands.
and
Abijah and his people smite
among
them a great
smiting
, and there
fall
wounded
of
Israel
five
hundred
thousand
chosen men.
Then
Abijah and his people struck
them with
a mighty
blow
, and 500,000
chosen men of
Israel
fell
slain
.
And
the sons
of
Israel
are
humbled
at that time, and the sons
of Judah are
strong,
for
they have
leant
on Jehovah
, God of their fathers.
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.
And
Abijah pursueth
after
Jeroboam ,
and captureth
from him cities,
Beth-El
and
its
small
towns
, and
Jeshanah and
its
small
towns
, and Ephraim
and
its
small
towns
.
Abijah pursued
Jeroboam and captured
some
cities
from him :
Bethel
, Jeshanah, and Ephron,
along
with
their
villages
.
And
Jeroboam hath
not retained
power any
more
in
the days of Abijah, and Jehovah
smiteth
him ,
and he dieth
.
Jeroboam did
not again
recover
his
power during
the days of Abijah, and the
LORD
struck
him down
and he died
.
And
Abijah strengtheneth
himself
, and
taketh
to
him
fourteen wives, and begetteth
twenty and
two sons ,
and sixteen daughters ,
But
Abijah grew
strong
, married
fourteen wives, and became
the
father
of
twenty -
two sons and sixteen daughters .
and
the rest of the matters
of Abijah, and
his ways ,
and his words, are written in the `Inquiry'
of 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.
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