2 Chronicles 13:3-7
2 Chronicles 13:3
Abijah began the battle with an army of warriors, four hundred thousand chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in battle formation against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men who were valiant warriors. Civil War
2 Chronicles 13:4
Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
2 Chronicles 13:5
Do you not know that the Lord God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?
2 Chronicles 13:6
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master,
2 Chronicles 13:7
and worthless men gathered to him, wicked men, who proved too strong for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and timid and could not hold his own against them.