1 Abijah became the king of Judah during the eighteenth year Jeroboam was king of Israel.
2 Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Uriel from the town of Gibeah.And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 Abijah led an army of four hundred thousand capable soldiers into battle, and Jeroboam prepared to fight him with eight hundred thousand capable soldiers.
4 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the mountains of Ephraim and said, “Jeroboam and all Israel, listen to me!
5 You should know that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave David and his sons the right to rule Israel forever by an agreement of salt.
6 But Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of the officers of Solomon, David’s son, turned against his master.
7 Then worthless, evil men joined Jeroboam against Rehoboam, Solomon’s son. He was young and didn’t know what to do, so he could not stop them.