2 Chronicles 13:5

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3 Abijah set the battle in order with an army of valiant warriors, four hundred thousand choice men. Jeroboam also drew up in battle formation against him with eight hundred thousand choice men, mighty men of valor.

4 Then Abijah stood on Mount ^aZemaraim, which is in the mountains of Ephraim, and said, “Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:

5 Should you not know that the Lord God of Israel ^agave the dominion over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons, ^bby a covenant of salt?

6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and ^arebelled against his lord.

7 Then ^aworthless rogues gathered to him, and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was ^byoung and inexperienced and could not withstand them.

8 And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are the gold calves which Jeroboam ^amade for you as gods.

9 ^aHave you not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests, like the peoples of other lands, ^bso that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of ^cthings that are not gods?

10 But as for us, the Lord is our ^aGod, and we have not forsaken Him; and the priests who minister to the Lord are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

11 ^aAnd they burn to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense; they also set the ^bshowbread in order on the pure gold table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps ^cto burn every evening; for we keep the command of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him.

12 Now look, God Himself is with us as our ^ahead, ^band His priests with sounding trumpets to sound the alarm against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper!”

13 But Jeroboam caused an ambush to go around behind them; so they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

14 And when Judah looked around, to their surprise the battle line was at both front and rear; and they ^acried out to the Lord, and the priests sounded the trumpets.

15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it happened that God ^astruck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

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

17 Then Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter; so five hundred thousand choice men of Israel fell slain.

18 Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time; and the children of Judah prevailed, ^abecause they relied on the Lord God of their fathers.

Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 13:5

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American Standard Version
Ought ye not to know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

Amplified® Bible
Ought you not to know that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the kingship over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

Contemporary English Version
The LORD God of Israel has made a solemn promise that every king of Israel will be from David's family.

Darby English Version
Ought ye not to know that Jehovah the God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, to him and to his sons [by] a covenant of salt?

Good News Bible
"Don't you know that the LORD, the God of Israel, made an unbreakable covenant with David, giving him and his descendants kingship over Israel forever?

King James Version
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?

New American Standard Bible
"Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?

New International Version
Don't you know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?

New King James Version
Should you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the dominion over Israel to David forever, to him and his sons, by a covenant of salt?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?

Revised Standard Version
Ought you not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel for ever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?

Young's Literal Translation
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?

New English Translation
Don’t you realize that the Lord God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement?¹

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