Abijah began the battle with an army of valiant warriors, 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in battle formation against him with 800,000 chosen men who were valiant warriors.

Civil War

Then Abijah stood on Mount (A)Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel: Do you not know that (B)the Lord God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David [a]and his sons by (C)a covenant of salt?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 13:5 Lit to him and to his sons