Abijah King of Judah
1In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah, 2and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah,13:2 Most Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 11:20 and 1 Kings 15:2); Hebrew Micaiah a daughter13:2 Or granddaughter of Uriel of Gibeah.
There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3Abijah went into battle with an army of four hundred thousand able fighting men, and Jeroboam drew up a battle line against him with eight hundred thousand able troops.
4Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me! 5Don’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? 6Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, an official of Solomon son of David, rebelled against his master. 7Some worthless scoundrels gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive and not strong enough to resist them.
8“And now you plan to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made to be your gods. 9But didn’t you drive out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make priests of your own as the peoples of other lands do? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may become a priest of what are not gods.
10“As for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests who serve the Lord are sons of Aaron, and the Levites assist them. 11Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the Lord. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the Lord our God. But you have forsaken him. 12God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”
13Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah the ambush was behind them. 14Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked at both front and rear. Then they cried out to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets 15and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. At the sound of their battle cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands. 17Abijah and his troops inflicted heavy losses on them, so that there were five hundred thousand casualties among Israel’s able men. 18The Israelites were subdued on that occasion, and the people of Judah were victorious because they relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
19Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took from him the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages. 20Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. And the Lord struck him down and he died.
21But Abijah grew in strength. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
22The other events of Abijah’s reign, what he did and what he said, are written in the annotations of the prophet Iddo.
亞比雅與耶羅波安爭戰
1耶羅波安王執政第十八年，亞比雅登基做猶大王， 2在耶路撒冷執政三年。他母親叫米該亞13·2 「米該亞」在代下11·20是「押沙龍的女兒瑪迦」。，是基比亞人烏列的女兒。亞比雅和耶羅波安之間常有爭戰。 3有一次，亞比雅率領四十萬精兵出戰，耶羅波安率領八十萬精兵列陣迎戰。
4亞比雅站在以法蓮山區的西瑪蓮山上說：「耶羅波安和全體以色列人啊，你們聽我說， 5你們不知道以色列的上帝耶和華曾經立下永世之約13·5 「永世之約」希伯來文是「鹽約」。，要把以色列國永遠賜給大衛和他的子孫嗎？ 6尼八的兒子耶羅波安本是大衛的兒子所羅門的僕人，他卻背叛他的主人， 7召集一群無賴惡棍，與所羅門的兒子羅波安作對。那時，羅波安年輕怯懦，無力抵抗。
8「現在你們仗著人多勢眾，又有耶羅波安製造的金牛犢作為你們的神明，便企圖反抗大衛子孫所治理的耶和華的國度。 9你們趕走了做耶和華祭司的亞倫之後裔和利未人，效法外族人的惡俗為自己設立祭司。任何人牽來一頭公牛犢和七隻公綿羊，就可以自封為假神的祭司。
10「至於我們，耶和華是我們的上帝，我們沒有背棄祂，我們有亞倫的後裔做祭司事奉耶和華，也有利未人各盡其職。 11他們每天早晚向耶和華獻燔祭，燒芬芳的金燈臺香，把供餅擺在潔淨13·11 「潔淨」指宗教禮儀上的潔淨。的桌子上，每晚點上的燈。我們遵守我們上帝耶和華的吩咐，你們卻背棄祂。 12上帝與我們同在，祂率領我們。祂的祭司就要吹響向你們進攻的號角。以色列人啊，不要與你們祖先的上帝耶和華作對，因為你們絕不會得勝。」
13耶羅波安卻在猶大人後面設伏兵，企圖前後夾攻他們。 14猶大人轉身，發現自己前後受敵，就呼求耶和華。祭司吹響號角， 15猶大人便吶喊，上帝使耶羅波安和以色列人敗在亞比雅和猶大人面前。 16以色列人從猶大人面前逃跑，上帝把他們交在猶大人手中。 17亞比雅和他的軍隊大敗以色列人，殲滅了他們五十萬精兵。 18這樣，以色列人被擊敗，猶大人因為倚靠他們祖先的上帝耶和華而大獲全勝。
19亞比雅追趕耶羅波安，攻取了伯特利、耶沙拿和以法拉音各城以及它們周圍的村莊。 20亞比雅在世之日，耶羅波安再也沒有恢復勢力。後來，耶和華攻擊他，他就死了。 21亞比雅卻日漸強大，他有十四個妻妾、二十二個兒子、十六個女兒。 22亞比雅其餘的事及其言行都記在易多先知的史記上。
