1In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,stylus2 Chronicles 12:16, 2 Chronicles 12:16, 1 Kings 15:1, 1 Kings 15:8, 1 Kings 15:12and 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.stylus2 Chronicles 11:20, 2 Chronicles 11:20, 1 Kings 15:6, 1 Kings 15:7, 1 Kings 15:63Abijah 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.stylus1 Samuel 17:1, 1 Samuel 17:3, 2 Chronicles 17:14, 2 Chronicles 17:18, 1 Chronicles 21:54Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!stylusJoshua 18:22, Joshua 18:22, Genesis 10:18, 2 Chronicles 15:2, Judges 9:75Do 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?stylusNumbers 18:19, Numbers 18:19, Leviticus 2:13, Leviticus 2:13, Mark 9:496Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.stylus1 Kings 11:26, 1 Kings 11:26, 1 Kings 12:20, 1 Kings 12:20, 2 Chronicles 10:197Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.stylus2 Chronicles 12:13, Judges 9:4, 2 Chronicles 12:13, Judges 9:4, Proverbs 28:198And 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.stylus1 Kings 12:28, 1 Kings 12:28, 2 Chronicles 11:15, 2 Chronicles 11:15, Psalms 33:169But 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.stylus2 Chronicles 11:14, 2 Chronicles 11:15, 2 Chronicles 11:14, 2 Chronicles 11:15, Jeremiah 2:1110But 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.stylusExodus 29:1, Exodus 29:37, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Zechariah 13:911Every 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.stylus2 Chronicles 2:4, 2 Chronicles 2:4, Leviticus 24:2, Leviticus 24:9, Leviticus 24:212Now 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.”stylusActs 5:39, Acts 5:39, Numbers 10:8, Numbers 10:9, Romans 8:3113Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.stylusJoshua 8:9, Joshua 8:4, Joshua 8:9, Joshua 8:4, Jeremiah 4:2214When 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,stylus2 Chronicles 14:11, 2 Chronicles 14:11, Exodus 14:10, Exodus 14:10, Psalms 50:1515and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.stylus2 Chronicles 14:12, 2 Chronicles 14:12, Judges 4:15, Psalms 118:4, Psalms 118:716So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.stylus2 Chronicles 16:8, 2 Chronicles 16:8, Deuteronomy 3:3, Judges 1:4, Judges 11:2117Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.stylus2 Chronicles 28:6, Nahum 1:5, 2 Chronicles 13:3, Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 10:1918Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.stylus2 Chronicles 14:11, 1 Chronicles 5:20, Nahum 1:7, 2 Chronicles 14:11, 1 Chronicles 5:2019Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.stylusJoshua 15:9, 2 Chronicles 15:8, Joshua 15:9, 2 Chronicles 15:8, 1 Samuel 31:720Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.stylus1 Kings 14:20, 1 Samuel 25:38, 1 Kings 14:20, 1 Samuel 25:38, Acts 12:2321But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.stylusJudges 8:30, Judges 8:31, 2 Samuel 5:12, 2 Samuel 5:13, Judges 9:522Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.stylus2 Chronicles 9:29, 2 Chronicles 9:29, 2 Chronicles 12:15, 2 Chronicles 12:15, 2 Chronicles 24:27