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Divrei HaYamim Bet13
2 Chronicles · Chapter 13
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
He reigned three years in Yerushalayim. His mother’s name also
was
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
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.
And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which
is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Yisra'el;
Ought ye not to know that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Yisra'el gave the kingdom over Yisra'el to Dawid for ever,
even to him and to his sons by a b'rit of salt?
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Shelomoh the son of Dawid, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Shelomoh, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) in the hand of the sons of Dawid; and ye
be a great multitude, and
there are
with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
Have ye not cast out the kohanim of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), the sons of Aharon, and the Levites, and have made you kohanim 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 kohen of
them that are no gods.
But as for us, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is our Elohim, and we have not forsaken him; and the kohanim, which minister unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
are the sons of Aharon, and the Levites
wait upon
their business:
And they burn unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) our Elohim; but ye have forsaken him.
And, behold, Elohim himself is with us for
our captain, and his kohanim with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Yisra'el, fight ye not against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment
was behind them.
And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle
was before and behind: and they cried unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and the kohanim sounded with the trumpets.
Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that Elohim smote Jeroboam and all Yisra'el before Abijah and Judah.
And the children of Yisra'el fled before Judah: and Elohim delivered them into their hand.
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Yisra'el five hundred thousand chosen men.
Thus the children of Yisra'el were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of their fathers.
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.
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) struck him, and he died.
But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings,
are written in the story of the navi Iddo.
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So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of Dawid: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
And Asa did
that which was good and right in the eyes of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) his Elohim:
For he took away the altars of the strange
gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
And commanded Judah to seek 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of their fathers, and to do the torah and the mitsvah.
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had given him rest.
Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about
them walls, and towers, gates, and bars,
while the land
is yet before us; because we have sought 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) our Elohim, we have sought
him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
And Asa had an army
of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these
were mighty men of valour.
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
And Asa cried unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) his Elohim, and said, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
it is
nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) our Elohim; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), thou
art our Elohim; let not man prevail against thee.
So 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) smote the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
And Asa and the people that
were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Yerushalayim.
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2 Chronicles · Chapter 15
And the Ruach of Elohim came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Now for a long season Yisra'el
hath been without the true Elohim, and without a teaching kohen, and without torah.
But when they in their trouble did turn unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Yisra'el, and sought him, he was found of them.
And in those times
there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations
were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for Elohim did vex them with all adversity.
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the navi, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that
was before the porch of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Yisra'el in abundance, when they saw that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) his Elohim
was with him.
So they gathered themselves together at Yerushalayim in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
And they offered unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) the same time, of the spoil
which
they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
And they entered into a b'rit to seek 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of their fathers with all their heart and with all their nephesh;
That whosoever would not seek 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of Yisra'el should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
And they sware unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) gave them rest round about.
And also
concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from
being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped
it, and burnt
it at the brook Kidron.
But the high places were not taken away out of Yisra'el: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
And he brought into the house of Elohim the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
And there was no
more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.