1So like, in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah starts flexing his reign over Judah.

2He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mom was Michaiah, daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. And yeah, war was poppin' off between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3Abijah gathered his squad of 400,000 lit warriors, while Jeroboam brought 800,000 goated fighters to the battlefield.

4Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in Ephraim and was like, "Yo, Jeroboam and all of Israel, listen up!"

5Don’t you know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom to David forever, like, that’s a serious promise?

6But Jeroboam, son of Nebat and former servant of Solomon, totally rebelled against his king.

7He gathered a bunch of sus dudes, the children of Belial, and flexed against Rehoboam when he was just a kid, too soft to handle it.

8Now you think you can take on the Lord's kingdom held by David’s crew, with your whole squad and those golden calves Jeroboam made for you?

9Did you really kick out the Lord’s priests, the sons of Aaron, and get your own priests like other nations? Anyone who wants to vibe can just show up with a bull and some rams and be a priest of fake gods?

10But we’re chillin’ with the Lord as our God, and we haven’t ghosted Him; the priests serving the Lord are from Aaron’s fam, and the Levites are on their grind.

11They burn sacrifices and sweet incense for the Lord every morning and evening, and they set the shewbread up on the pure table, keeping the vibes right with the gold candlestick lit every night. We’re holding it down for the Lord, but y’all have dipped.

12Plus, God is our captain, and His priests are blowing trumpets to warn you. Yo, children of Israel, don’t mess with the Lord God of your ancestors; you won’t win.

13But Jeroboam set a sneak attack behind them: they were stuck between Judah and the ambush.

14When Judah looked back, the battle was all around them, so they cried out to the Lord, and the priests blasted the trumpets.

15Then the Judah squad shouted, and as they did, God wrecked Jeroboam and all Israel in front of Abijah and Judah.

16The kids of Israel dipped in front of Judah, and God handed them over.

17Abijah and his crew took them down hard: 500,000 of Israel’s chosen fell that day.

18So, the kids of Israel were brought low, and Judah came out on top because they were riding with the Lord God of their ancestors.

19Abijah chased down Jeroboam, snatching cities like Beth-el and its towns, Jeshanah and its towns, and Ephrain and its towns.

20Jeroboam couldn’t bounce back during Abijah’s reign: the Lord hit him, and he was done.

21But Abijah got strong, married 14 wives, and had 22 sons and 16 daughters.

22The rest of Abijah’s deeds, his ways, and his sayings are all in the story of the prophet Iddo.

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

2He 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.

3And 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.

4And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

5Ought 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?

6Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.

7And 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.

8And 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.

9Have 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.

10But 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:

11And 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.

12And, 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.

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

14And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

15Then 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.

16And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.

17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

18Thus 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.

19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth–el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

20Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the Lord struck him, and he died.

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

22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.