[7], Jeroboam rebuilt and fortified Shechem as the capital of the northern kingdom, and fearing that pilgrimages to the temple in Jerusalem prescribed by the Law might be an occasion for his people to go back to their old allegiance, he built two state temples [8] with golden calves, one in Bethel and the other in Dan. This is what you should say to her. Abijah Livermore BIRTH 12 Dec 1737, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 18 Jan 1817 (aged 79), Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA, MEMORIAL ID 170962849 Per Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Abijah Answer. I gave you honor from among the people. 1Ki 14:1-20. The They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. the mountain. of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master, and Either, first, Presently after the things described in the former chapter; which though related in the beginning of his reign, yet might be done a good while after it, and so Ahijah the prophet might be very old, as he is described to be, 1 Kings 14:4. Sadly, King Abijah is listed among the kings who did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. Apologists argue similarly for the ambiguity of the term "mother". Asa tore down the unfinished fortress and used its raw materials to fortify Geba and Mizpah, on his side of the border.[15]. These two kings were enemies and there was war between them. Jeroboam Israel fell slain. 18:50. He also grew in power . in the Bible. 7) exemptsto march along (Soah 10a). Ps. The Hebrew Bible gives the period of his reign between 4041 years. And they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets. [10][11] Similarly, Maacah is initially described as Abijah's mother, but subsequently described as the mother of his son Asa. According to Thiele, the calendars for reckoning the years of kings in Judah and Israel were offset by six months, that of Judah starting in Tishri (in the fall) and that of Israel in Nisan (in the spring). Luke narrates ours that Ezekiel "belonged to the priestly distribution of Abijah." Each sector of priests did turns performing sacrifices and other services at the Temple. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia the good that Abijah did for which he would be laid in the grave:"Rabbinical Literature:The passage, I Kings, xiv. And He said to them, By Gods help, King Abijah won the war, killing 500,000 men of Israel. Abijah captured Jeshanah, a town in Ephraim and added it to his domain of control. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, "Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to g Shiloh. those who died on account of Korah." and his sons by a covenant of salt? 2 Chronicles13:19. b. Jeroboam fathers. When Saul surrounded David but was recalled to fight the [2] John Gilbert is buried a little below the mouth of Little Creek. king. [12] Jeroboam surrounded Abijah's army, engaging in the Battle of Mount Zemaraim. Asa (Hebrew: .mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"SBL Hebrew","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Taamey Frank CLM","Frank Ruehl CLM","Ezra SIL","Ezra SIL SR","Keter Aram Tsova","Taamey David CLM","Keter YG","Shofar","David CLM","Hadasim CLM","Simple CLM","Nachlieli",Cardo,Alef,"Noto Serif Hebrew","Noto Sans Hebrew","David Libre",David,"Times New Roman",Gisha,Arial,FreeSerif,FreeSans}, Modern:Asa, Tiberian:s; Greek: ; Latin: Asa) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the Kingdom of Judah and the fifth king of the House of David. 5. Thus, we know his death date. 22), but forced also the students of the Lawnay, even newly married husbands, whom the Law (Deut. They answered it in a very simple way: Asa and Joshaphat, when clearing away the idols, purposely left the brazen serpent behind, in order that Hezekiah might also be able to do a praiseworthy deed in breaking it (ul. He was succeeded by Jehoshaphat, his son (by Azubah). thousand fell in one day." set up two sanctuaries: in the north at Dan and in the south at Bethel. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, h who said of me that I should be king over this people. Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. "1 Kings 15:1 Multilingual: Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah", "Daughter - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia", "1 Kings 15 Brenton Septuagint Translation", List of Jewish leaders in the Land of Israel, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abijah_of_Judah&oldid=1128007091, Articles containing Biblical Greek-language text, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia without a Wikisource reference, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 17 December 2022, at 22:06. His wife Had met him on the ridge until She died. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. He, forewarned by God, denounceth his ruin because of idolatry; and the death of his child; and the destruction of Israel, 1 Kings 14:5-16. fatlings. (2) The second son of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 8:2 1 Chronicles 6:28 (6:13)). The prophet, though blind with old age, knew the wife of Jeroboam as soon as she approached, and under a divine impulse he announced to her that inasmuch as in Abijah alone of . The (3) A son of Jeroboam I, king of Israel; he died young (I Kings 14). the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas. (Colossians c. The 15For the Lord will punish Israel, as a piece of grass is shaken in the water. He walked in all the sins of his father which It is likely that the story of the golden calf in the wilderness[30] was composed as a polemic against Jeroboam's cultic restoration by claiming that its origins were inconsistent with worship of YHWH.[7]. And so far concerning Abijah, the son of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, as his history hath come down to us. to flee to Jerusalem. Abijah was not faithful to the Lord his God. He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not . 3. He married Mary Baker on 19 January 1742, in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. (19011906). God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to [19] While the southern kingdom made no serious effort militarily to regain power over the north, there was a long-lasting boundary dispute, fighting over which lasted during the reigns of several kings on both sides before being finally settled. and YHWH at the same time or was he a good king who turned to the dark side? over Judah. It was further shown in the study on Exodus 12:40-41 that Israel was in Egypt for a total of 430 years, of which the first 30 years were ones in which they were at peace with the Egyptians, but the. Cross-synchronizations between the two kingdoms therefore often allow narrowing of the beginning and/or ending dates of a king to within a six-month range. the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah. Thus, it also means that he was between 44-48 years old when he first encountered Bathsheba, who was 7-9 years old. The wording in the Septuagint is "the Lord gave him a remnant". In a single battle, Judah killed 500, 000 men of Israel. Numbers 25:9, c. Golden every effort to come to me soon; for Demas, having loved this present world, King Abijah saw king Jeroboam as one who has rebelled against the house of David and had managed to split Israel into two kingdoms and had successfully usurped ten tribes and made himself king over them. Ahaz is portrayed as an evil king in the Second Book of Kings (2 Kings 16:2). Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill Asa died two years into the coregency. King Abijah, son of King Rehoboam, was a king who did wicked in God's eyes: "And he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father" ( 1 Kings 15:3 ). . At the entreaty of the man of God, his hand was restored to him again, but the miracle made no abiding impression on him. Absalom is described as only having one daughter, Tamar. Although [16] Thus the unconditional covenant blessing of YHWH guaranteed his promise to King David, to stabilize the Kingdom of David despite its ruler. Hanani the Seer, a prophet, admonished Asa for relying on the King of Syria as opposed to Divine help in defeating Baasha (2 Chronicles 16:710). The Bible texts: 1 Kings 15:1-7; 2 Chron 13:1-22. According to the Book of Chronicles Abijah had a force of 400,000 and Jeroboam 800,000. Abijam ( Hebrew: , Modern: Avyam, Tiberian: yym, "father of the sea" or "my father is the sea/is Yam "; Biblical Greek: , romanized: Aviou; Latin: Abiam) [1] was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the fourth king of the House of David and the second of the Kingdom of Judah. Abijam is another variant found in the Masoretic text at 1 Kings 14:31; 15:1, 7, 8.However, in 1 Kings 14:31 about 12 Hebrew manuscripts and the Bomberg edition of the Hebrew Bible of Jacob ben Chayyim (1524-1525) read "Abijah.". him. Later in the series, it was seen that Aang started to have a feeling of freezing himself in the ice for countless centuries. Babcock was the only city that had power, water and internet in that part of florida right through hurricane Ian in 2022. a. from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush was behind 20Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years. Go, the Bible provides find clues. serve God and wealth. Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were And when silence was made, he began to speak, and told them, -- "God had consented that David and his posterity should be their rulers for all time to come, and this you yourselves are not unacquainted with; but I cannot but wonder how you should forsake my father, and join yourselves to his servant Jeroboam, and are now here with him to fight against those who, by God's own determination, are to reign, and to deprive them of that dominion which they have still retained; for as to the greater part of it, Jeroboam is unjustly in possession of it. not know that the Lord God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David But while he was still speaking Jeroboam sent some of his soldiers privately to encompass Abijab round about, on certain parts of the camp that were not taken notice of; and when he was thus within the compass of the enemy, his army was affrighted, and their courage failed them; but Abijah encouraged them, and exhorted them to place their hopes on God, for that he was not encompassed by the enemy. Jeroboam reigned for 22 years. [5], Influenced by the words of the prophet Ahijah,[6] he began to form conspiracies with the view of becoming king of the ten northern tribes; but these were discovered, and he fled to Egypt, where he remained under the protection of Pharaoh Shishak until the death of Solomon. Little did he know that King Jeroboam was setting an ambush for him and his army. 2), there was also the marvelous throne of Solomon upon which all the kings of Judah subsequently sat (Esther R. i. Samson was distinguished by his strength, and behold, "his strength went from him" (Judges xvi. He purged the land of foreign religions and false idols; all the sites of Baal and Asherah worship were destroyed and the nation and YHWH entered into a renewed covenant. Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men. The elders of Israel made the pairs misconduct a pretext for demanding a king (I Samuel 8:4). worthless men gathered about him, scoundrels, who proved too strong for viii. c. Abijah Abijah lived on the westerly side on the Old Road near Merrow's Corner . Rehoboam ruled 17 years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose for his own. d. In Following Abijah's ascension to the throne in the 18th . xviii. listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him. 3. 7), since in point of fact it was the prophet Ahijah, the Shilonite, who prophesied that Jeroboam would be king (I Kings, xi. God had a sense of dj vu in the fact that both Abijah and his father Rehoboam On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. and then, like his father, he turned bad. But he settles everything with his wife and dies at the age of 66. In valiant warriors. Since David died when he was 70 years old, it means that he was 50 years old when Bathsheba (9-11 years old) gave birth to Solomon. Photos and Memories (0) Do you know Abijah "Bijah"? 2 Chronicles 14 tells us straightaway that Abijah eventually slept with his fathers and we are immediately introduced to his son, Asa. Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. According to Rabbanic Literature Gehazi possessed a magnet by which he lifted up the idol made by Jeroboam, so that it was seen between heaven and earth; he had "Yhwh" engraved on it, and in consequence the idol (a calf) pronounced the first two words of the Decalogue (ib.). 2 Chronicles 13:4-22 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me! Jeffery, nice insights into Zechariah and ancestry and life. While still a young man, King Solomon made him superintendent over his tribesmen in the . Kings account paints him as a bad king with nothing good to say about him. comments, input or corrections. xvi. [Pire Rabbenu ha-adosh, v. 14, ed. "ASA (abbreviation of Asayah)". [11] No attempted harmonization has found acceptance with scholars. Luke, 3 He did all the same sins that his father before him had done. When your feet go into the city the child will die. Abijah fell sick, by the stroke of God, to punish Jeroboams rebellion against God. Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape. (1 Samuel [23], Jeroboam was crippled by this severe defeat to Abijah and posed little threat to the Kingdom of Judah for the rest of his reign. The biblical account states that his elite warriors fended off a pincer movement to rout Jeroboam's troops, killing 500,000 of them. Omissions? He threw the prophet Hanani in jail and "oppressed some of the people at the same time" (2 Chronicles 16:10). Rehoboam was continued by proxy with his son Abijah: There was war between 21Now Solomons son Rehoboam ruled in Judah. through the sons of David, being a great multitude and having with you the 1 and I Kings xvi. 1. It is written about him that he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, and his heart was not wholly true to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. the days of our life. [12] There Abijah rallied his troops with a phrase which has since become famous: "God Himself is with us for a Captain". with the calf which Aaron had made." Asa became very angry and threw Hanani in jail. At that timea phrase used often loosely and indefinitely in sacred history. 3 i Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. This articleincorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:Singer, Isidore; etal., eds. e. Abijah 30There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam always. 9, compare xvi. His eyes were weak because he was old. When Judah turned around, behold, they were attacked both front and rear; Therefore, I will make you go into exile Ahijah's message, however, is that Abijah will die, which he does. (Asa). 2And Jeroboam said to his wife, Get ready and dress yourself so no one will know that you are the wife of Jeroboam. Thus the men of Israel were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord, the God of their fathers. 2. recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether wrote Ps 18 as a result of this escape and penned the words: "My God, my 25) enjoined. 29Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 1. 6b). Ahijah the man who speaks for God is there. When she comes she will pretend to be another woman.". At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, d. Abijah King Abijah continued to be great. These dates are one year earlier than those given in the third edition of Thiele's Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, thereby correcting an internal inconsistency that Thiele never resolved. a. Abijah went on to capture the Israelite cities of Jeshanah, Ephron (et-Taiyibeh) and Bethel. On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. drew up in battle formation against him with 800,000 chosen men who were 1 Kings 15:3 He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king. 12:16; 13:1, 2) with a strenuous but unsuccessful effort to bring back the ten tribes of the northern Kingdom of Israel to their allegiance, [13] a path which in 2 Chronicles 11:4 his father had chosen not to follow. If In Thiele's chronology, Asa made his son Jehoshaphat coregent in the year that saw the onset of his disease. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Thus his troops were in front of Judah, and the ambush was also behind Judah. King Abijah became a king at the time King Jeroboam I had reigned for 18 years and he died during the 21st year of King Jeroboams reign. recaptured Bethel and Ephron, which were historically part of the tribe of Instead, Abijah, with the help or influence of. Now The rabbis recount many transgressions committed by Abijah against his fellow men, which resulted in drawing God's vengeance upon him more speedily than upon Jeroboam's idolatries. God delivered the men of Israel into their hands of the men of Judah and they fled before Judah. struck him and he died. were good kings in the first three years of their reigns but then turned bad. Was Is it upon these golden heifers, and the altars that you have on high places, which are demonstrations of your impiety, and not of religious worship? a. Jeroboam Under his reign the country of the Israelites enjoyed peace for ten years. B. King Jeroboam of Israel was in his 18th year of reign. Then Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim that is in the hill country of Ephraim and said, "Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel! 09 May 1560, d. 04 Jan 1626) Abijah (Peter) Whitman (son of Edward Whitman and Bridget Kellond) was born 09 May 1560 in Holt, Norfolk, England, and died 04 Jan 1626 in Holt, Norfolk, England. Exodus 32:35, e. Golden He will spread them out on the other side of the Euphrates River, because they have their false gods, and have made the Lord angry. b. Abijah's 3Take ten loaves, some sweet bread and a jar of honey with you, and go to him. same time, or he began to worship idols after he defeated Jeroboam's army of And the birds of the air will eat anyone who dies in the field. 14At that time Jeroboams son Abijah became sick. While still a young man, King Solomon made him superintendent over his tribesmen in the building of the fortress Millo in Jerusalem and of other public works, and he naturally became conversant with the widespread discontent caused by the extravagances which marked the reign of Solomon. Abijah the double-minded "good king, bad king" who worshipped idols 8 is readjusted by the interpretation that the thirty-sixth year of Chronicles refers to the thirty-six years of the secession of the northern kingdom, which was a punishment for the thirty-six years of Solomon's marriage to the daughter of Pharaoh, and ended in reality in the fifteenth year of Asa's reign, when Zerah the Ethiopian was vanquished by him; the alliance between the kingdoms of Israel and Syria (I Kings xi. Chronicles account paints him as a good king with nothing bad to say about him. a. Rehoboam walked in all the sins of his father (Rehoboam) which he had committed before You may be looking for another Abijah. For he alone of Jeroboams family will come to the grave. He died greatly honoured by his people, and was considered for the most part a righteous king. of his father David. (1 Kings 15:3), b. (4) Head of the eighth order of priests (I Chronicles 24:10), the order to which Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, belonged (Luke 1:5). 4:14), b. But Abijah grew in strength. He outlived his father Rehoboam by only three short years. good king. [24] He also lost the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, with their surrounding villages. 12:16; 13:1, 2) with a strenuous but unsuccessful effort to bring back the ten tribes of the northern Kingdom of Israel to their allegiance. Although it is difficult to know for sure, it seems that he was a good king who Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. (1 Kings 15:6). Calf at Sinai: "Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and 23,000 children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, so they do to 4. [13] He began his three-year reign (2 Chr. He had at least 1 son. BOUNDARY CHANGES, MOVES & LOST RECORDS. We Frances died in 1804. He died on 25 March 1812, at the age of 62, and was buried in Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. Abijah, was a son of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel. Jeroboam's soldiers were killed. According to Steven Shawn Tuell, the biblical numbers given in this passage are "completely unrealistic". His mothers name was Naamah of Ammon. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. xvi. [3][4][5][6][7] Some scholars believe the biblical accounts of Asa's family to be contradictory;[8] however, a study of Hebrew linguistics removes any seeming contradictions. recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in youunless indeed you were 24,000." But Abijah became powerful; and took fourteen wives to 15:17), 2. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. So his attendants said to him, 'Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. 19Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he ruled, are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. He took cities from Israel such as Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. Asa was zealous in maintaining the traditional worship of God, and in rooting out idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities. It cannot be forgotten that Aang was frozen in the ice for more than 100 years. He was buried at John Gilbert Cemetery, Marcum, Clay County, Kentucky, USA. Then the men of Judah raised the battle shout. (2) The second son of Samuel (I Samuel 8:2; I Chronicles 6:28), who, with his brother Joel, served as a judge at Beersheba. came to the border area between Israel and Judah and stood on a mountain in their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly For there is no partiality Abijah's reign was a brief one. His mother, however, turned out to be an idolatress ( 1 Kings 15:13 ). Every morning and evening they burn to the Lord burnt His mother,[a] named Zeruah ( "leprous") was a widow. In Edwin R. Thiele 's opinion Ahaz was co-regent with Jotham from 736/735 BC, and his sole reign began in 732/731 and ended in 716/715 BC. Was Ahaziah 22 or 42 years old when he became king of Judah? xx. His son dieth, and is buried; and he likewise: Nadab his son succeedeth, 1 Kings 14:17-20. Abijah was a double minded king who worshipped idols and YHWH at the same time I will kill every male from Jeroboam, both owned and free in Israel. Start your free trial today. [25] Bethel was an important centre for Jeroboam's Golden Calf cult (which used non-Levites as priests),[26] located on Israel's southern border, which had been allocated to the Tribe of Benjamin by Joshua, as was Ephron, which is believed to be the Ophrah that was allocated to the Tribe of Benjamin by Joshua. Israelites were killed in 1088 BC at the extinction of Shiloh after the After The Jewish Encyclopedia. Elijah And before the army of Judah knew, King Jeroboam had sent an ambush around to come upon them from behind. sons of Israel fled before Judah, God gave them into their hand. Remember, there were many other times when God "killed and Seder 'Olam R. people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that 500,000 chosen men of 27So King Rehoboam made body coverings of brass in their place. And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and spoke loudly to King Jeroboam. Following Abijah's ascension to the throne in the 18th year of King Jeroboam I of Israel, he marched north with the purpose of winning Israel back to the Davidic kingdom. Benjamin. By On Sept. 29, 2002, Randell's wife, Sonita L. Barkley, drowned their three sons - 4 -year-old Jehdiah, 3-year-old Abijah and 7-month-old Shereef - in a bathtub. people did not answer him a word. (1 Kings 18:21), c. So Bethel was given as a tribal inheritance to Benjamin, It was captured by One of the alleged contradictions is that Maacah (Abijah's mother) is sometimes described as the daughter of Absalom, and elsewhere the daughter of Uriel. She groaned for days and . gospel with Paul but fell away to the world to destruction, a. good or bad. (2 Corinthians 5:10). treatise of the prophet Iddo. (2 Chronicles 13:122). Judean territory on Mt. He even took all the body coverings of gold which Solomon had made. servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the 2); while the other great treasures were given by Asa to the king of Syria to obtain his alliance; then they were taken again by the Ammonites, to be recaptured by Jehoshaphat; then they fell into the hands of Sennacherib, from whom Hezekiah recovered them, and at the capture of Jerusalem they came into the hands of the Babylonians; then into those of the Persians, and afterward of the Macedonians, and finally of the Romans, who kept them at Rome (Pes. And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. (1 Kings Shishak king of Egypt spoileth Jerusalem, 1 Kings 14:25-28. 7); Asa by his feet (compare as to Adam B. b. Jeroboam also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your the battle with an army of valiant warriors, 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam This article is about Jeroboam's son, who died as a youth. Taking advantage of 35 years of peace, Asa revamped and reinforced the fortress cities originally built by his grandfather Rehoboam. So they all at once implored the Divine assistance, while the priests sounded with the trumpet, and they made a shout, and fell upon their enemies, and God brake the courage and cast down the force of their enemies, and made Ahijah's army superior to them; for God vouchsafed to grant them a wonderful and very famous victory; and such a slaughter was now made of Jeroboam's army [29] as is never recorded to have happened in any other war, whether it were of the Greeks or of the Barbarians, for they overthrew [and slew] five hundred thousand of their enemies, and they took their strongest cities by force, and spoiled them; and besides those, they did the same to Bethel and her towns, and Jeshanah and her towns. They did according to all One battle, in particular, took place between the two kings is found in 2 Chronicles 13. . cross! 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