2 Chronicles 12 ~ 16

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12:16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his place. Compare
13:1In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah. Compare
13:2He reigned three years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. Compare
13:3And Abijah began the battle with an army of valiant men of war, four hundred thousand choice men. And Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand choice men, mighty men of valor. Compare
13:4And Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel: Compare
13:5Do you not know that Jehovah the God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, to him and to his sons, by a covenant of salt? Compare
13:6But Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord. Compare
13:7And worthless men, just scoundrels, gathered around him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tender in heart and could not withstand them. Compare
13:8And now you think that you can withstand the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David because you are a great multitude and with you are the golden calves that Jeroboam made as gods for you. Compare
13:9Have you not cast out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And you made for yourselves priests like those of the peoples of other lands, so that anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a bull of the herd and seven rams becomes a priest of what are not gods. Compare
13:10But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken Him; and the priests who minister to Jehovah are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites are in their work. Compare
13:11And they offer in smoke to Jehovah burnt offerings morning by morning and evening by evening as well as fragrant incense, and they set the rows of bread upon the pure table, and they care for the golden lampstand and its lamps that it may burn evening by evening; for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God, but you have forsaken Him. Compare
13:12And here with us is God at our head and His priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound out against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against Jehovah, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed. Compare
13:13Now Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to come up from behind them. So they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them. Compare
13:14And when Judah looked back, the battle was right on them, before and behind; and they cried out to Jehovah, and the priests sounded the trumpets. Compare
13:15And the men of Judah shouted; and when the men of Judah shouted, God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. Compare
13:16And the children of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hand. Compare
13:17And Abijah and his people struck a great blow on them, so that five hundred thousand choice men from Israel fell slain. Compare
13:18Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time; and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on Jehovah, the God of their fathers. Compare
13:19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam and took cities from him: Bethel and its villages, and Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephron and its villages. Compare
13:20And Jeroboam never regained power during the days of Abijah; but Jehovah struck him, and he died. Compare
13:21And Abijah grew stronger; and he took to himself fourteen wives and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. Compare
13:22And the rest of the acts of Abijah and his ways and his words are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo. Compare
14:1And Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years. Compare
14:2And Asa did what was good and upright in the sight of Jehovah his God; Compare
14:3For he removed the foreign altars and the high places and smashed the pillars and hewed down the Asherahs, Compare
14:4And he commanded Judah to pursue Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and perform the law and the commandment. Compare
14:5And from all the cities of Judah he removed the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom was quiet before him. Compare
14:6And he built fortress cities in Judah; for the land was quiet and there was no war against him during those years, because Jehovah had given him rest. Compare
14:7For he said to Judah, Let us build these cities and put around them walls with towers, gates, and bars. The land is still before us because we have pursued Jehovah our God; we have pursued Him, and He has given us rest all around. So they built and prospered. Compare
14:8And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand from Judah who bore shields and spears and of two hundred eighty thousand from Benjamin who bore hand shields and drew bows; all these were mighty men of valor. Compare
14:9And Zerah the Cushite went out to them with an army of one million men and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah. Compare
14:10And Asa went out before him and set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. Compare
14:11And Asa called out to Jehovah his God and said, O Jehovah, there is none besides You to help us, between the mighty and those without strength. Help us, O Jehovah our God, for we trust in You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O Jehovah, You are our God; do not let mortal man prevail against You. Compare
14:12And Jehovah struck the Cushites before Asa and before Judah, and the Cushites fled. Compare
14:13And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar; and so many of the Cushites fell that they could not recover, for they were shattered before Jehovah and before His army. And they carried away very much spoil. Compare
14:14And they struck all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the fear of Jehovah was upon them. And they plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them. Compare
14:15And they also struck the cattle tents and carried away sheep in abundance and camels, and they returned to Jerusalem. Compare
15:1And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded. Compare
15:2And he went out to meet Asa and said to him, Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: Jehovah is with you while you are with Him; and if you pursue Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. Compare
15:3Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law. Compare
15:4But in their distress they turned to Jehovah the God of Israel and sought Him, and He was found by them. Compare
15:5For in those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for great afflictions were upon all the inhabitants of the lands. Compare
15:6For they were crushed, nation against nation and city against city, for God afflicted them with every distress. Compare
15:7But you be strong and do not let your hands fail, for there is reward for your labor. Compare
15:8And when Asa heard these words, that is, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he strengthened himself and put away the detestable things from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim. And he restored the altar of Jehovah, which was before the portico of Jehovah. Compare
15:9And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and the sojourners with them from Ephraim and Manasseh and Simeon, for many from Israel threw in their lot with him when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him. Compare
15:10So they gathered themselves at Jerusalem in the third month in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. Compare
15:11And they sacrificed to Jehovah on that day from the spoil they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. Compare
15:12And they entered into a covenant to pursue Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul, Compare
15:13And covenanted that anyone who did not pursue Jehovah the God of Israel would be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. Compare
15:14And they swore to Jehovah with a loud voice and with shouting and with trumpets and with horns. Compare
15:15And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for with all their heart they swore and with all their desire they sought Him. And He was found by them, and Jehovah gave them rest all around. Compare
15:16And he also removed Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother because she had made for Asherah an abominable image; and Asa cut down her abominable image and crushed it to powder and burned it at the brook Kidron. Compare
15:17But the high places were not taken away from Israel; otherwise Asa's heart was perfect all his days. Compare
15:18And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had sanctified and that he had sanctified-silver and gold and vessels. Compare
15:19And there was no war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign. Compare
16:1In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha the king of Israel went up against Judah and built Ramah that he might prevent anyone from going out or coming to Asa the king of Judah. Compare
16:2And Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasures of the house of Jehovah and the king's house and sent them to Ben-hadad the king of Syria who was dwelling in Damascus, saying, Compare
16:3There is an alliance between me and you as there was between my father and your father. I am now sending you silver and gold; go, break your alliance with Baasha the king of Israel, so that he goes away from me. Compare
16:4And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa. And he sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they struck Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim and all the store cities of Naphtali. Compare
16:5And when Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and ceased his work. Compare
16:6And Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had built it, and built Geba and Mizpah with them. Compare
16:7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa the king of Judah and said to him, Because you have trusted in the king of Syria and have not trusted in Jehovah your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped out of your hand. Compare
16:8Were not the Cushites and the Lubim a large host, with a very great abundance of chariots and horsemen? And because you trusted in Jehovah, He gave them into your hands. Compare
16:9For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro throughout all the earth to strengthen those whose heart is perfect toward Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; hence from this time on you will have wars. Compare
16:10Then Asa became angry with the seer and put him in prison in stocks, for he was in a rage against him because of this matter. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time. Compare
16:11And the acts of Asa, the first and the last, are there written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Compare
16:12And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet; his disease was very severe, yet even in his disease he pursued not Jehovah but the physicians. Compare
16:13And Asa slept with his fathers and died in the forty-first year of his reign. Compare
16:14And they buried him in his own grave, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David. And they laid him in the resting place, which he had filled with various kinds of spices blended in the perfumer's art, and they made a very great burning for him. Compare

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