2 Chronicles 13

King Abijah of Judah confronts Jeroboam of Israel, delivering a speech that contrasts Judah's faithfulness to YHWH and His covenant with Israel's apostasy and idolatry, declaring that fighting against Judah is fighting against YHWH.[2][3] Despite being outnumbered (400,000 men against 800,000), Judah achieves a decisive victory when YHWH intervenes, resulting in 500,000 Israelite casualties and the subjugation of Israel under Abijah's rule.[2][3]

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and Abijah engaged Abijah with the battle of force mighty men of war four hundred thousand men chosen and Jeroboam drew up against him battle eight hundred thousand men chosen mighty men of valor
3 וַ/יֶּאְסֹ֨ר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤎𐤓 vayeesor and Abijah engaged HC/Vqw3ms אֲבִיָּ֜ה 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤄 aviyah Abijah HNp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et with HTo הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֗ה 𐤄/𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 hamilechamah the battle HTd/Ncfsa בְּ/חַ֨יִל֙ 𐤁/𐤇𐤉𐤋 bechayil of force HR/Ncmsa גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י 𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤓𐤉 giborey mighty men of HAampc מִלְחָמָ֔ה 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 milechamah war HNcfsa אַרְבַּע 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏 areba four HAcfsa מֵא֥וֹת 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 meot hundred HAcbpa אֶ֖לֶף 𐤀𐤋𐤐 elef thousand HAcbsa אִ֣ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish men HNcmsa בָּח֑וּר 𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤓 bachur chosen HVqsmsa וְ/יָרָבְעָ֗ם 𐤅/𐤉𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤌 veyaraveam and Jeroboam HC/Np עָרַ֤ךְ 𐤏𐤓𐤊 arakhe drew up HVqp3ms עִמּ/וֹ֙ 𐤏𐤌/𐤅 imo against him HR/Sp3ms מִלְחָמָ֔ה 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 milechamah-2 battle HNcfsa בִּ/שְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה 𐤁/𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤄 bishemoneh eight HR/Acfsa מֵא֥וֹת 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 meot-2 hundred HAcbpa אֶ֛לֶף 𐤀𐤋𐤐 elef-2 thousand HAcbsa אִ֥ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish-2 men HNcmsa בָּח֖וּר 𐤁𐤇𐤅𐤓 bachur-2 chosen HVqsmsa גִּבּ֥וֹר 𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤓 gibor mighty HAamsc חָֽיִל 𐤇𐤉𐤋 chayil men of valor HNcmsa
Have not? driven out [direct object marker] priests of YHWH [direct object marker] sons of Aaron and the Levites and made for yourselves priests like peoples of the lands whoever comes to fill his hand with a bull son of cattle and rams seven and he will be priest for no gods
9 הֲ/לֹ֤א 𐤄/𐤋𐤀 halo Have not? HTi/Tn הִדַּחְתֶּם֙ 𐤄𐤃𐤇𐤕𐤌 hidachetem driven out HVhp2mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] HTo כֹּהֲנֵ֣י 𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉 kohaney priests of HNcmpc יְהוָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 [direct object marker] HTo בְּנֵ֥י 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney Bene (Bemba) sons of HNcmpc אַהֲרֹ֖ן 𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤍 aharon Aaron HNp וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּ֑ם 𐤅/𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 vehaleviyim and the Levites HC/Td/Ngmpa וַ/תַּעֲשׂ֨וּ 𐤅/𐤕𐤏𐤔𐤅 vataasu and made HC/Vqw2mp לָ/כֶ֤ם 𐤋/𐤊𐤌 lakhem for yourselves HR/Sp2mp כֹּהֲנִים֙ 𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 kohanim priests HNcmpa כְּ/עַמֵּ֣י 𐤊/𐤏𐤌𐤉 keamey like peoples of HR/Ncmpc הָ/אֲרָצ֔וֹת 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤅𐤕 haaratsot the lands HTd/Ncbpa כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal whoever HNcmsc הַ/בָּ֗א 𐤄/𐤁𐤀 haba comes HTd/Vqrmsa לְ/מַלֵּ֨א 𐤋/𐤌𐤋𐤀 lemale to fill HR/Vpc יָד֜/וֹ 𐤉𐤃/𐤅 yado his hand HNcbsc/Sp3ms בְּ/פַ֤ר 𐤁/𐤐𐤓 befar with a bull HR/Ncmsa בֶּן 𐤁𐤍 ben Bene (Bemba) son of HNcmsc בָּקָר֙ 𐤁𐤒𐤓 baqar cattle HNcbsa וְ/אֵילִ֣ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤉𐤋𐤌 veeylim and rams HC/Ncmpa שִׁבְעָ֔ה 𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤄 shiveah seven HAcmsa וְ/הָיָ֥ה 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤄 vehayah and he will be HC/Vqq3ms כֹהֵ֖ן 𐤊𐤄𐤍 khohen priest HNcmsa לְ/לֹ֥א 𐤋/𐤋𐤀 lelo for no HR/Tn אֱלֹהִֽים 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 elohim Mulimu (Lozi) gods HNcmpa
and-they-burn to-YHWH burnt-offerings in-the-morning in-the-morning and-in-the-evening evening and-incense spices and-arrangement of-bread upon the-table the-pure and-lampstand the-gold and-lamps-her to-burn evening evening for we-keep we [direct-object-marker] charge YHWH God-our and-you have-forsaken him
11 וּ/מַקְטִרִ֣ים 𐤅/𐤌𐤒𐤈𐤓𐤉𐤌 umaqetirim and-they-burn HC/Vhrmpa לַ/יהוָ֡ה 𐤋/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 layhvah Nyambe (Lozi) to-YHWH HR/Np עֹל֣וֹת 𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 olot burnt-offerings HNcfpa בַּ/בֹּֽקֶר 𐤁/𐤁𐤒𐤓 baboqer in-the-morning HRd/Ncmsa בַּ/בֹּ֣קֶר 𐤁/𐤁𐤒𐤓 baboqer-2 in-the-morning HRd/Ncmsa וּ/בָ/עֶֽרֶב 𐤅/𐤁/𐤏𐤓𐤁 uvaerev and-in-the-evening HC/Rd/Ncmsa בָּ/עֶ֣רֶב 𐤁/𐤏𐤓𐤁 baerev evening HRd/Ncmsa וּ/קְטֹֽרֶת 𐤅/𐤒𐤈𐤓𐤕 uqetoret and-incense HC/Ncfsc סַמִּים֩ 𐤎𐤌𐤉𐤌 samim spices HNcmpa וּ/מַעֲרֶ֨כֶת 𐤅/𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤊𐤕 umaarekhet and-arrangement HC/Ncfsc לֶ֜חֶם 𐤋𐤇𐤌 lechem of-bread HNcbsa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al upon HR הַ/שֻּׁלְחָ֣ן 𐤄/𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤍 hashulechan the-table HTd/Ncmsa הַ/טָּה֗וֹר 𐤄/𐤈𐤄𐤅𐤓 hatahor the-pure HTd/Aamsa וּ/מְנוֹרַ֨ת 𐤅/𐤌𐤍𐤅𐤓𐤕 umenorat and-lampstand HC/Ncfsc הַ/זָּהָ֤ב 𐤄/𐤆𐤄𐤁 hazahav the-gold HTd/Ncmsa וְ/נֵרֹתֶ֨י/הָ֙ 𐤅/𐤍𐤓𐤕𐤉/𐤄 veneroteyha and-lamps-her HC/Ncmpc/Sp3fs לְ/בָעֵר֙ 𐤋/𐤁𐤏𐤓 levaer to-burn HR/Vpc בָּ/עֶ֣רֶב 𐤁/𐤏𐤓𐤁 baerev-2 evening HRd/Ncmsa בָּ/עֶ֔רֶב 𐤁/𐤏𐤓𐤁 baerev-3 evening HRd/Ncmsa כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki for HC שֹׁמְרִ֣ים 𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌 shomerim we-keep HVqrmpa אֲנַ֔חְנוּ 𐤀𐤍𐤇𐤍𐤅 anachenu we HPp1cp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct-object-marker] HTo מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת 𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤕 mishemeret charge HNcfsc יְהוָ֣ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) YHWH HNp אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉/𐤍𐤅 eloheynu Mulimu (Lozi) God-our HNcmpc/Sp1cp וְ/אַתֶּ֖ם 𐤅/𐤀𐤕𐤌 veatem and-you HC/Pp2mp עֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם 𐤏𐤆𐤁𐤕𐤌 azavetem have-forsaken HVqp2mp אֹתֽ/וֹ 𐤀𐤕/𐤅 oto him HTo/Sp3ms
And he pursued Abijah after Jeroboam and captured from him cities [direct object marker] Bethel El and [direct object marker] its villages and [direct object marker] Jeshanah and [direct object marker] its villages and [direct object marker] Ephron Ephraim and its villages
19 וַ/יִּרְדֹּ֣ף 𐤅/𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤐 vayiredof And he pursued HC/Vqw3ms אֲבִיָּה֮ 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤄 aviyah Abijah HNp אַחֲרֵ֣י 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 acharey after HR יָרָבְעָם֒ 𐤉𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤌 yaraveam Jeroboam HNp וַ/יִּלְכֹּ֤ד 𐤅/𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤃 vayilekod and captured HC/Vqw3ms מִמֶּ֨/נּוּ֙ 𐤌𐤌/𐤍𐤅 mimenu from him HR/Sp1cp עָרִ֔ים 𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 arim cities HNcfpa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] HTo בֵּֽית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt Bethel HNp אֵל֙ 𐤀𐤋 el El HNp וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and [direct object marker] HC/To בְּנוֹתֶ֔י/הָ 𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕𐤉/𐤄 benoteyha its villages HNcfpc/Sp3fs וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet-2 and [direct object marker] HC/To יְשָׁנָ֖ה 𐤉𐤔𐤍𐤄 yeshanah Jeshanah HNp וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet-3 and [direct object marker] HC/To בְּנוֹתֶ֑י/הָ 𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕𐤉/𐤄 benoteyha-2 its villages HNcfpc/Sp3fs וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet-4 and [direct object marker] HC/To עפרון 𐤏𐤐𐤓𐤅𐤍 frvn Ephron HNp עֶפְרַ֖יִן 𐤏𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤍 eferayin Ephraim HNp וּ/בְנֹתֶֽי/הָ 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤉/𐤄 uvenoteyha and its villages HC/Ncfpc/Sp3fs
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