Verse 1

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

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  • 1 Kgs 14:31 : 31 Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. Then his son Abijam succeeded him as king.
  • 2 Chr 13:1-9 : 1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah. 2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3 Abijah went into battle with an army of valiant warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men, while Jeroboam arranged against him eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty warriors. 4 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, "Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!" 5 Don’t you know that the LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his descendants by a covenant of salt? 6 But Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master. 7 Then worthless and reckless men gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam, son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and inexperienced and could not stand against them. 8 And now you think you can stand firm against the kingdom of the LORD in the hands of David’s descendants because you have a great multitude and golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods. 9 Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of what are not gods. 10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken Him. The priests who serve the LORD are the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites carry out their responsibilities. 11 Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set the rows of bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the golden lampstand and its lamps each evening. We are keeping the charge of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken Him. 12 Now look, God is with us at our head, and His priests with their trumpets are ready to sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed. 13 But Jeroboam deployed an ambush to come from behind them, so Judah was in front and the ambushers were behind them. 14 When Judah turned, they saw that the battle was in front of them and behind them. They cried out to the LORD, and the priests blew the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah raised a battle cry, and as they shouted, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16 The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands. 17 Abijah and his army inflicted a severe defeat on them, and five hundred thousand of Israel’s chosen men were killed. 18 So the Israelites were humbled at that time, and the men of Judah were victorious because they relied on the LORD, the God of their ancestors. 19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured cities from him: Bethel and its surrounding villages, Jeshanah and its surrounding villages, and Ephron and its surrounding villages. 20 Jeroboam did not regain his power during the days of Abijah. The LORD struck him down, and he died. 21 But Abijah grew stronger. He married fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. 22 The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways, and his sayings are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.