2 Chronicles Chapter 13
So, in the 18th year of King Jeroboam, Abijah started showing off his rule over Judah.
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mom, Michaiah, was the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. And for real, a war was going down between Abijah and Jeroboam.
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also {was} Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Abijah gathered his crew of 400,000 dope warriors, while Jeroboam rolled up with 800,000 lit fighters to the showdown.
And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, {even} four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, {being} mighty men of valour. {Abijah set: Heb. Abijah bound together}
Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in Ephraim and was like, "Ayo, Jeroboam and all of Israel, check it out!"
And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which {is} in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
Don’t you realize that the Lord God of Israel handed the kingdom to David forever? That's a solid promise, no cap.
Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, {even} to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
But Jeroboam, son of Nebat, who used to ride with Solomon, totally turned on his king.
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
He gathered a crew of sus dudes, the children of Belial, and flexed against Rehoboam when he was just a kid, too soft to deal with it.
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
You really think you can take the Lord's kingdom that belongs to David’s squad, with your whole team and those golden calves Jeroboam crafted for you?
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye {be} a great multitude, and {there are} with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
Did you really boot out the Lord’s priests, the sons of Aaron, and bring in your own priests like other nations do? Anyone wanting to vibe can just stroll in with a bull and some rams and be a priest of fake gods?
Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of {other} lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, {the same} may be a priest of {them that are} no gods. {to consecrate...: Heb. to fill his hand}
But we vibe with the Lord as our God, and we haven’t ghosted Him; the priests serving the Lord come from Aaron’s fam, and the Levites are on their hustle.
But as for us, the LORD {is} our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, {are} the sons of Aaron, and the Levites {wait} upon {their} business:
They burn sacrifices and sweet incense for the Lord every morning and evening, plus they set the shewbread on the clean table, keeping the vibes right with the gold candlestick lit every night. We’re holding it down for the Lord, but y’all have dipped.
And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also {set they in order} upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
Also, God is our commander, and His priests are blowing trumpets to give you the heads-up. Ayo, children of Israel, don’t mess with the Lord God of your ancestors; you won’t come out on top.
And, behold, God himself {is} with us for {our} captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
But Jeroboam went for a sneak attack from behind: they were caught between Judah and the ambush.
But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment {was} behind them.
When Judah peeped back, the battle was surrounding them, so they cried out to the Lord, and the priests fired up the trumpets.
And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle {was} before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
Then the Judah crew shouted, and as they did, God wrecked Jeroboam and all Israel right in front of Abijah and Judah.
Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
The kids of Israel ran away from Judah, and God handed them over.
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
Abijah and his crew took them down hard: 500,000 of Israel’s chosen fell that day.
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
So, the kids of Israel were brought low, and Judah came out victorious because they were rolling with the Lord God of their ancestors.
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
Abijah chased Jeroboam down, snatching cities like Beth-el and its towns, Jeshanah and its towns, and Ephrain and its towns.
And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
Jeroboam couldn’t bounce back while Abijah was king: the Lord shut him down, and he was finished.
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
But Abijah got stronger, married 14 wives, and had 22 sons and 16 daughters.
But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
The rest of Abijah’s acts, his ways, and his sayings are all in the tale of the prophet Iddo.
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, {are} written in the story of the prophet Iddo.