of Judah, and confirmed Rehoboam the son of Solomon three years. For they walked in the way of David and Solomon three years.

And Rehoboam took Mahelath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

And she bare him these sons, Jeus, and Shemariah, and Saham.

After whom he took Maechah the daughter of Absalom; and she bare him Abijah, and Athai, and Ziza, and Selomith.

But Rehoboam loved Maechah the daughter of Absalom better than all his wives and concubines: for he had eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.

And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maechah chief and ruler among his brethren: for he purposed to make him king.

And he increased and brake forth before all his sons in the land of Judah and Benjamin in all the strong cities: and he fed them with multitude, and took many wives;
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 12
Rehabeam is getting the better of Sisak.

And when the kingdom of Rehoboam was confirmed and established, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.

And in the fifth year of king Rehoboam came up Sishak king of Egypt against Jerusalem, because they had sinned against the LORD.

With a thousand and two hundred chariots, and with threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were not to be numbered that came with him out of Egypt, and Libya, and Shushim, and the Moors;

And he took the strong cities that were in Judah, and came as far as Jerusalem.

And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah that were gathered together to Jerusalem before Sishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me; therefore have I also forsaken you in the hand of Sishak.

Then the princes of Israel humbled themselves with the king, and said: The LORD is righteous.

And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came unto Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: therefore will I not destroy them, but I will give them a little salvation, that my wrath be not poured out upon Jerusalem through Sishak.

But they shall be subject unto him, that they may know what it is to serve me, and to serve the kingdoms of the countries.

So Shishak king of Egypt went up to Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and took them all away, and dipped the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

In whose stead king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and commanded them to be made for the captains of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.

And as often as the king went into the house of the LORD, the porters came and bare them, and brought them again into the porters’ chamber.

And because he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that all things were not destroyed. For there was still some good in Judah.

So Rehoboam the king was confirmed in Jerusalem, and reigned. Forty and one years old was Rehoboam when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, in the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. His mother’s name was Naema, an Ammonite woman.

And he dealt wickedly, and sent not his heart to seek the LORD.

And the acts of Rehoboam, both the first and the last, are written in the book of the acts of Shemaiah the prophet, and in the book of the acts of Iddo the watcher, and are written, and the acts of the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam, all the days of their life.

And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 13
Abias king in Judah, war and victory against Jeroboam king in Israel.

In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam the king, Abijah reigned in Judah.

And he reigned three years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel the Gibeahite. And there was a controversy between Abijah and Jeroboam.

And Abijah prepared himself to battle with four hundred thousand young men, strong men of war. And Jeroboam armed himself to battle with him, with eight hundred thousand strong men.

And Abijah went up into mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O
Jeroboam, and all Israel.

Know ye not that the LORD God of Israel hath given the kingdom to David for ever, to him and to his sons a covenant of salt?

And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and turned away from his master.

And the people and the children of Belial came up against him, and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon. For Rehoboam was young, and of a foolish heart, that he resisted them not.

Now think ye to set yourselves against the kingdom of the LORD among the sons of David, because ye are a great multitude; and ye have calves of gold, which Jeroboam made unto you for gods.

Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the children of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you your own priests, as the nations of the earth? He that cometh to fill his hand with a young bullock and seven rams, the same shall be the priest of them that are no gods.

But with us is the LORD our God, whom we will not forsake; and the priests that minister unto the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, in their business, 11. And burn incense unto the LORD every morning, and every evening, and the good incense, and the bread prepared upon a clean table, and the candlestick of gold, and the lamps thereof, to be burned every evening. For we keep the charge of the LORD our God, but ye have forsaken him.

Behold, with us at the head is God, and his priests, and the trumpets to sound the trumpet against you. Ye children of Israel, fight not against the LORD God of your fathers: for ye shall not prosper.

But Jeroboam set an ambush round about, to come upon them from behind: and they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

And when Judah turned, behold, there was war in the front, and in the rear. And they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with trumpets.

And all the people of Judah killed. And when all the people of Judah made a noise, God afflicted Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

And the children of Israel fled from Judah, and God delivered them into their hand, 17. And Abijah and his people did great slaughter against them, and slew of Israel five hundred thousand young men.

So the children of Israel were humbled at that time: but the children of Judah were comforted, because they trusted in the LORD God of their fathers.

And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and gained him cities: Bethel with her daughters, Jezana with her daughters, and Ephron with her daughters,

And Jeroboam had no more strength, because Abijah was alive. And the LORD afflicted him, that he died.

And when Abijah was strengthened, he took fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons and sixteen daughters.

And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his doings, are they not written in the book of the history of Iddo the prophet?
Ch. 14:1. And Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In those days the land was quiet ten years.
(2 Chronicles)
Chapter 14
Assa abolishes idolatry and triumphs against the Moors.

And Assa did that which was right, and acceptable unto the LORD his God.

And he took away the strange altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and cut down the groves;

And told Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do according to the law and the commandment.

And he put away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the idols. For the kingdom was quiet before him.

And he built strong cities in Judah, because the land was quiet, and there was no war against him in those years: for the LORD gave him rest.

And he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and let us build walls round about, and towers, and doors, and bars, because the land is yet before us: for we have sought the LORD
our God, and he hath given us rest round about. So they built, and prospered.

And Asa had a host bearing shields and spears: out of Judah three hundred thousand, and out of Benjamin, bearing shields and bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: and all these were mighty men of valour.

And Serah the Moor came out against them with a host a thousand thousand strong, and three hundred chariots: and they came as far as Mareshah.

And Asa went out against him, and they made ready for battle in the valley of Zephathah by Mareshah.

And Assa cried unto the LORD his God, saying, O LORD, there is no difference with thee, whether there be help among many, or whether there be no strength. Help us, O LORD our God: for we trust in thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O LORD our God, against thee no man is able.

And the LORD afflicted the Moors before Asa, and before Judah, that they fled.

And Asa and the people that