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He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah,[a] the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah.[b]

There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. Abijah got ready for battle with an army of four hundred thousand strong warriors, each man specially chosen.[c] Jeroboam lined up for battle against him with eight hundred thousand strong warriors, each man specially chosen.

Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said this to them:

Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 13:2 A variant of Ma’akah
  2. 2 Chronicles 13:2 In 1 Kings 15:2,10 and 2 Chronicles 11:20, Ma’akah is called the daughter of Absalom in the Hebrew text, but evidence indicates that the term means granddaughter in those verses. If Uriel is her father, perhaps it was her mother who was Absalom’s daughter.
  3. 2 Chronicles 13:3 Or top-notch