1. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jer o boam, Abijah began to rule Judah.
2. He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Micaiah, daughter of Uriel from Gibeah.There was war between Abijah and Jer o boam.
3. Abijah prepared for battle with an army of 400,000 of the best soldiers, while Jer o boam arranged to oppose him with 800,000 of the best professional soldiers.
4. Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the mountains of Ephraim. He called out, “Jer o boam and all Israel, listen to me!
5. Don’t you know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom of Israel to David and his descendants forever in a permanent promise?