Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam --
Abijah reigneth
over Judah ;
Now
in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began
Abijah to
reign
over Judah .
three
years
he hath
reigned in Jerusalem ,
(and
the
name
of
his mother
`is'
Michaiah daughter of Uriel ,
from
Gibeah ,)
and war hath
been
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.
And Abijah directeth
the war
with a
force
of mighty
men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men ,
and
Jeroboam hath
set in array with
him battle,
with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty of valour
.
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 valor
.
And Abijah riseth
up on
the
hill
of
Zemaraim that
`
is '
in the
hill-country
of
Ephraim, and saith
, `
Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel !
And Abijah stood
up upon
mount
Zemaraim ,
which
is in mount
Ephraim, and said
, Hear me, thou
Jeroboam ,
and all Israel ;
Is
it
not for
you
to know that Jehovah,
God of Israel ,
hath
given
the kingdom to
David
over Israel to the
age
, to him and to his sons --
a covenant of salt?
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?
and
rise
up
doth
Jeroboam ,
son of Nebat, servant of Solomon son of David, and rebelleth
against his lord !
Yet
Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, the
servant of Solomon the
son of David, is
risen
up,
and hath
rebelled
against his lord .
`
And there are gathered unto him vain men, sons
of worthlessness
, and they
strengthen
themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon, and
Rehoboam was a
youth,
and tender
of
heart
, and hath
not strengthened
himself
against
them.
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.
`
And now ,
ye are
saying
to strengthen
yourselves
before
the kingdom of Jehovah
in the hand of the sons of David ,
and ye `are'
a numerous
multitude, and with you
calves of
gold
that
Jeroboam hath
made to
you for gods.
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 your
golden
calves ,
which
Jeroboam made you for gods.
`
Have ye not cast out the priests of Jehovah
, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make
to
you priests like
the peoples
of the lands? every
one
who
hath
come
to fill
his
hand
with a bullock ,
a
son
of
the
herd,
and seven rams, even
he
hath
been
a priest to
No -
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 .
`
As for us, Jehovah
`
is '
our God, and we have not forsaken Him ,
and priests are
ministering
to
Jehovah
, sons of Aaron and the Levites ,
in
the
work,
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:
and are
making
perfume
to
Jehovah,
burnt-offerings
morning
by
morning ,
and evening
by
evening ,
and
perfume
of
spices,
and the arrangement
of
bread
`is'
on
the pure table ,
and the candlestick of gold ,
and
its
lamps, to burn evening
by
evening ,
for we are
keeping
the charge of Jehovah
our God ,
and
ye
--
ye have forsaken Him.
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.
`
And lo
, with us --
at
`
our '
head
--
`is'
God
, and His priests and
trumpets of
shouting
to shout
against you ;
O sons
of Israel, do
not
fight with
Jehovah,
God of your fathers ,
for ye do
not prosper. '
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.
And
Jeroboam hath
brought
round
the
ambush
to come in
from
behind them ,
and
they are
before Judah, and the ambush
`is'
behind them.
But
Jeroboam caused
an
ambushment
to come about
behind them :
so
they were
before Judah, and the ambushment
was
behind them.
And Judah turneth
, and
lo
, against
them
`is'
the battle ,
before and behind ,
and they cry
to
Jehovah
, and the priests are
blowing
with 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 .
and
the men of Judah shout --
and it
cometh
to
pass,
at
the
shouting
of
the men of Judah, that God hath
smitten
Jeroboam ,
and all Israel ,
before 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.
And the sons
of Israel flee
from
the
face
of
Judah ,
and God giveth
them into their hand ,
And the children
of Israel fled
before
Judah :
and God delivered
them into their hand .
and Abijah and his people smite
among
them a great smiting,
and
there fall
wounded
of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
And Abijah and his people slew
them with
a great slaughter:
so
there fell
down
slain
of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
And
the sons
of Israel are
humbled
at that time, and the sons
of Judah are
strong
, for
they have
leant
on
Jehovah,
God of their fathers.
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.
And Abijah pursueth
after Jeroboam, and captureth
from him cities
, Beth-El
and
its
small
towns, and Jeshanah and
its
small
towns, and Ephraim and
its
small
towns.
And Abijah pursued
after Jeroboam, and took
cities
from him, Bethel
with
the
towns thereof
, and Jeshanah with
the
towns thereof
, and Ephraim with
the
towns thereof
.
And
Jeroboam hath
not
retained
power
any
more
in the days of Abijah ,
and Jehovah
smiteth
him, and he dieth
.
Neither
did
Jeroboam recover
strength
again
in the days of Abijah :
and the
LORD
struck
him, and he died
.
And
Abijah strengtheneth
himself
, and taketh
to
him
fourteen wives, and begetteth
twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters ,
But
Abijah waxed
mighty
, and married
fourteen wives, and begat
twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters .
and the rest of the matters
of Abijah, and his ways, and his words
, are written in the `Inquiry'
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.
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