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1 IN the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat Abijah began to reign over the tribe of Judah. 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Uriel of Ramtha. 3 And Abijah mobilized an army of valiant men of war, four hundred thousand young men, who took upon themselves to go and fight against Jeroboam the son of Nebat. And Jeroboam also had mobilized an army, and he came to fight against him with eight hundred thousand young men, being mighty men of valour. 4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in the border of mount Ephraim, and said. Hear me, O Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and all Israel; 5 Perhaps you 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 pertaining to the kingship. 2 Chronicles 13:1-5, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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