2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 13
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2 Chronicles 13 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now in the eighteenth year of king began to reign over . He reigned three years in . His mother’s name also was the daughter of Uriel of . And there was war between and . And set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour. And stood up upon mount , which is in mount , and said, Hear me, thou , and all ; Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of gave the kingdom over to for ever, even to him and to his sons by a of salt? Yet the son of , the servant of the , is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of , and have strengthened themselves against the son of , when was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of ; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which made you for gods. Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of , and the , and have made you priests 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 priest of them that are no gods. But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of , and the wait upon their business: And they burn unto the LORD 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 the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of , fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. But caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before , and the ambushment was behind them. And when looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with . Then the men of gave a shout: and as the men of shouted, it came to pass, that God smote and all before and . And the children of fled before : and God delivered them into their hand. And and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of five hundred thousand chosen men. Thus the children of were brought under at that time, and the children of prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. And pursued after , and took cities from him, with the towns thereof, and with the towns thereof, and with the towns thereof. Neither did recover strength again in the days of : and the LORD struck him, and he died. But waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. And the rest of the acts of , and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet .