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II Chronicles Chapter 13

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II Chronicles

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In chapter 13 the son of David Rehoboam is named king of Israel while his father Solomon remains king of Judah. The chapter describes Rehoboam’s rule, the Philistine threat, and the northern tribes’ rebellion against his strict demands. It highlights the growing split between the united kingdom and the two separate kingdoms.

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(1) Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
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II Chronicles 12:16I Kings 15:1I Kings 15:2I Kings 15:3I Kings 15:4I Kings 15:5I Kings 15:6I Kings 15:7I Kings 15:8

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I Kings 15:25II Kings 3:1II Kings 14:23II Kings 15:1II Chronicles 29:1II Chronicles 34:3

(2) 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.
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II Chronicles 11:20I Kings 15:2Joshua 18:28Judges 19:14Judges 19:16I Samuel 10:26I Kings 15:6I Kings 15:7

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Genesis 29:10II Chronicles 20:31II Chronicles 29:1Luke 12:53Genesis 36:2Genesis 36:39

(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.
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I Samuel 17:1I Samuel 17:2I Samuel 17:3II Chronicles 11:1II Chronicles 14:8II Chronicles 17:14II Chronicles 17:15II Chronicles 17:16II Chronicles 17:17II Chronicles 17:18II Chronicles 26:12II Chronicles 26:13

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I Chronicles 19:17I Samuel 4:2Judges 20:22I Samuel 17:21I Chronicles 7:11I Chronicles 7:40

(4) And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
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Genesis 10:18Joshua 18:22II Chronicles 15:2Judges 9:7

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Exodus 19:20Joshua 20:7Genesis 31:25Genesis 31:54Exodus 19:12Exodus 19:18

(5) 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?
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Nehemiah 5:9Proverbs 1:29II Peter 3:5Judges 11:21Judges 11:22Judges 11:23Judges 11:24Jeremiah 27:5Jeremiah 27:6Jeremiah 27:7Daniel 4:25Daniel 4:26

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Leviticus 2:13Leviticus 26:42II Kings 23:3Mark 9:50

(6) Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
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II Chronicles 10:19I Kings 11:26I Kings 12:20I Kings 12:27

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I Kings 11:40I Kings 12:2II Chronicles 10:2I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53II Chronicles 9:1

(7) 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.
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Judges 9:4Judges 11:3I Samuel 22:2Job 30:8Psalms 26:4Proverbs 12:11Proverbs 28:19Acts 17:5Titus 1:10Deuteronomy 13:13I Kings 21:10I Kings 21:13

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II Chronicles 11:1II Chronicles 11:17II Chronicles 12:13I Kings 12:21I Kings 14:21I Kings 12:18

(8) 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 you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
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II Chronicles 9:8Psalms 2:1Psalms 2:2Psalms 2:3Psalms 2:4Psalms 2:5Psalms 2:6Isaiah 7:6Isaiah 7:7Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 9:7Luke 19:14

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Judges 10:6II Kings 10:29Romans 12:3I Kings 14:10

(9) 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.
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II Chronicles 11:14II Chronicles 11:15I Kings 12:31I Kings 12:32I Kings 12:33I Kings 13:33Exodus 32:29Leviticus 16:32I Chronicles 29:5Exodus 29:1Exodus 29:35Leviticus 8:2

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Judges 10:6II Chronicles 32:13II Chronicles 23:7Numbers 8:8Matthew 5:22Exodus 29:1

(10) 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:
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II Chronicles 11:16II Chronicles 11:17Exodus 19:5Exodus 19:6Zechariah 13:9Exodus 29:1Exodus 29:2Exodus 29:3Exodus 29:4Exodus 29:5Exodus 29:6Exodus 29:7

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Numbers 3:45II Chronicles 31:2Nehemiah 10:38

(11) 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.
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II Chronicles 2:4Exodus 29:38Exodus 30:1Exodus 30:2Exodus 30:3Exodus 30:4Exodus 30:5Exodus 30:6Exodus 30:7Exodus 30:8Exodus 30:9Exodus 30:10

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Exodus 30:7II Chronicles 2:4Leviticus 6:12II Chronicles 26:18I Chronicles 28:15II Kings 16:15

(12) 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.
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Numbers 23:21I Samuel 4:5I Samuel 4:6I Samuel 4:7Isaiah 8:10Zechariah 10:5Romans 8:31Deuteronomy 20:4Joshua 5:13Joshua 5:14Joshua 5:15Psalms 20:7

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Joshua 6:13

(13) But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
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II Chronicles 20:22Joshua 8:4Proverbs 21:30Jeremiah 4:22

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Exodus 14:19Joel 2:3I Kings 14:10

(14) 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.
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Exodus 14:10Joshua 8:20Judges 20:33Judges 20:34Judges 20:35Judges 20:36Judges 20:37Judges 20:38Judges 20:39Judges 20:40Judges 20:41Judges 20:42

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II Chronicles 23:13Genesis 19:26Joshua 8:20I Samuel 24:8II Kings 11:14Judges 7:20

(15) 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.
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II Chronicles 20:21Joshua 6:16Joshua 6:20Judges 7:18Judges 7:19Judges 7:20Judges 7:21Judges 7:22Psalms 47:1Psalms 47:5II Chronicles 14:12Numbers 32:4

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I Kings 15:29Joshua 6:20Ezra 3:13Joshua 6:10I Kings 14:10

(16) And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
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Genesis 14:20Deuteronomy 2:36Deuteronomy 3:3Joshua 10:12Joshua 21:44Judges 1:4Judges 11:21I Samuel 23:7

(17) And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
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II Chronicles 13:3II Chronicles 13:12II Chronicles 28:6Isaiah 10:16Isaiah 10:17Isaiah 10:18Isaiah 10:19Isaiah 37:36Nahum 1:5I Corinthians 10:22

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Numbers 31:8Ezekiel 48:16Matthew 25:20Judges 5:27Judges 16:30I Samuel 22:18

(18) 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.
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II Chronicles 16:8II Chronicles 16:9II Chronicles 20:20II Kings 18:5I Chronicles 5:20Psalms 22:4Psalms 22:5Psalms 146:5Daniel 3:28Nahum 1:7Ephesians 1:12

(19) And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
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Joshua 10:19Joshua 10:39Joshua 11:12I Samuel 31:7II Chronicles 15:8Joshua 15:9John 11:54

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27I Chronicles 7:28I Chronicles 7:29Joshua 15:47Judges 11:26

(20) Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
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Psalms 18:37Psalms 18:38I Samuel 25:38I Samuel 26:10Ezekiel 24:16Acts 12:23I Kings 14:20I Kings 15:9

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I Kings 14:10

(21) But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
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II Samuel 5:12II Samuel 5:13II Chronicles 11:21Judges 8:30Judges 8:31Judges 9:5Judges 10:4

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II Chronicles 11:21Jeremiah 29:6II Chronicles 2:10Genesis 4:18Genesis 5:7Genesis 5:10

(22) 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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II Chronicles 9:29II Chronicles 12:15

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II Chronicles 9:29I Kings 11:41II Chronicles 27:7II Chronicles 28:26II Chronicles 32:32II Chronicles 12:15

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