Verse 3

2 Chronicles 13:3

New King James Version

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3 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.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֶּאְסֹ֨ר אֲבִיָּ֜ה אֶת הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֗ה בְּ/חַ֨יִל֙ גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י מִלְחָמָ֔ה אַרְבַּע מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִ֣ישׁ בָּח֑וּר וְ/יָרָבְעָ֗ם עָרַ֤ךְ עִמּ/וֹ֙ מִלְחָמָ֔ה בִּ/שְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף אִ֥ישׁ בָּח֖וּר גִּבּ֥וֹר חָֽיִל

English Translation

And Abijah gathered the battle against them with an army of mighty warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam arranged battle against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty warriors.

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Chapter 13 Context

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. Focus ↗

2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of G... Focus ↗

3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand ch...

4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam... Focus ↗

5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for... Focus ↗

6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebell... Focus ↗

7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves a... Focus ↗

8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a... Focus ↗

9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you... Focus ↗

10 But as for us, the LORD is our God (Elohim), and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which mi... Focus ↗

11 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the... Focus ↗

12 And, behold, God (Elohim) himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets... Focus ↗

13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambu... Focus ↗

14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD,... Focus ↗

15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God (Eloh... Focus ↗

16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God (Elohim) delivered them into their hand. Focus ↗

17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five... Focus ↗

18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, be... Focus ↗

19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jesh... Focus ↗

20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he d... Focus ↗

21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daug... Focus ↗

22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the p... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 13 (22 verses)
Version: New King James Version

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