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2 Chronicles 13 Bible in Basic English
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1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.
1 A LOS dieciocho años del rey Jeroboam, reinó Abías sobre Judá.
2 He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
2 Y reinó tres años en Jerusalem. El nombre de su madre fué Michâía hija de Uriel de Gabaa. Y hubo guerra entre Abías y Jeroboam.
3 And Abijah went out to the fight with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand of his best men; and Jeroboam put his forces in line against him, eight hundred thousand of his best men of war.
3 Entonces ordenó Abías batalla con un ejército de cuatrocientos mil hombres de guerra valerosos y escogidos: y Jeroboam ordenó batalla contra él con ochocientos mil hombres escogidos, fuertes y valerosos.
4 And Abijah took up his position on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Give ear to me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:
4 Y levantóse Abías sobre el monte de Semaraim, que es en los montes de Ephraim, y dijo: Oidme, Jeroboam y todo Israel.
5 Is it not clear to you that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David and to his sons for ever, by an agreement made with salt?
5 ¿No sabéis vosotros, que Jehová Dios de Israel dió el reino á David sobre Israel para siempre, á él y á sus hijos en alianza de sal?
6 But Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon, the son of David, took up arms against his lord.
6 Pero Jeroboam hijo de Nabat, siervo de Salomón hijo de David, se levantó y rebeló contra su señor.
7 And certain foolish and good-for-nothing men were joined with him, and made themselves strong against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and untested and not able to keep them back.
7 Y se allegaron á él hombres vanos, hijos de iniquidad, y pudieron más que Roboam hijo de Salomón, porque Roboam era mozo y tierno de corazón, y no se defendió de ellos.
8 And now it is your purpose to put yourselves against the authority which the Lord has put into the hands of the sons of David, and you are a very great number, and you have with you the gold oxen which Jeroboam made to be your gods.
8 Y ahora vosotros tratáis de fortificaros contra el reino de Jehová en mano de los hijos de David, porque sois muchos, y tenéis con vosotros los becerros de oro que Jeroboam os hizo por dioses.
9 And after driving out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, have you not made priests for yourselves as the people of other lands do? so that anyone who comes to make himself priest by offering an ox or seven sheep, may be a priest of those who are no gods.
9 ¿No echasteis vosotros á los sacerdotes de Jehová, á los hijos de Aarón, y á los Levitas, y os habéis hecho sacerdotes á la manera de los pueblos de [otras] tierras, para que cualquiera venga á consagrarse con un becerro y siete carneros, y así sea sacerdote de los que no son dioses?
10 But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not been turned away from him; we have priests who do the work of the Lord, even the sons of Aaron and the Levites in their places;
10 Mas en cuanto á nosotros, Jehová [es] nuestro Dios, y no le hemos dejado: y los sacerdotes que ministran á Jehová [son] los hijos de Aarón, y los Levitas en la obra;
11 By whom burned offerings and perfumes are sent up in smoke before the Lord every morning and every evening; and they put out the holy bread on its table and the gold support for the lights with its lights burning every evening; for we keep the orders given to us by the Lord our God, but you have gone away from him.
11 Los cuales queman á Jehová los holocaustos cada mañana y cada tarde, y los perfumes aromáticos; y ponen los panes sobre la mesa limpia, y el candelero de oro con sus candilejas para que ardan cada tarde: porque nosotros guardamos la ordenanza de Jehová nuestro Dios; mas vosotros le habéis dejado.
12 And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.
12 Y he aquí Dios está con nosotros por cabeza, y sus sacerdotes con las trompetas del júbilo para que suenen contra vosotros. Oh hijos de Israel, no peleéis contra Jehová el Dios de vuestros padres, porque no os sucederá bien.
13 But Jeroboam had put some of his men to make a surprise attack on them from the back, so some were facing Judah and others were stationed secretly at their back.
13 Pero Jeroboam hizo girar una emboscada para venir á ellos por la espalda: y [estando] así delante de ellos, la emboscada estaba á espaldas de Judá.
14 And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.
14 Y como miró Judá, he aquí que tenía batalla delante y á las espaldas; por lo que clamaron á Jehová, y los sacerdotes tocaron las trompetas.
15 And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
15 Entonces los de Judá alzaron grita; y así que ellos alzaron grita, Dios desbarató á Jeroboam y á todo Israel delante de Abías y de Judá:
16 And the children of Israel went in flight before Judah, and God gave them up into their hands.
16 Y huyeron los hijos de Israel delante de Judá, y Dios los entregó en sus manos.
17 And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.
17 Y Abías y su gente hacían en ellos gran mortandad; y cayeron heridos de Israel quinientos mil hombres escogidos.
18 So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.
18 Así fueron humillados los hijos de Israel en aquel tiempo: mas los hijos de Judá se fortificaron, porque se apoyaban en Jehová el Dios de sus padres.
19 And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.
19 Y siguió Abías á Jeroboam, y tomóle [algunas] ciudades, á Beth-el con sus aldeas, á Jesana con sus aldeas, y á Ephraim con sus aldeas.
20 And Jeroboam did not get back his power again in the life-time of Abijah; and the Lord sent death on him.
20 Y nunca más tuvo Jeroboam poderío en los días de Abías: é hirióle Jehová, y murió.
21 But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
21 Empero se fortificó Abías; y tomó catorce mujeres, y engendró veintidós hijos, y dieciséis hijas.
22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his sayings, are recorded in the account of the prophet Iddo.
22 Lo demás de los hechos de Abías, sus caminos y sus negocios, está escrito en la historia de Iddo profeta.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abijah
Rehoboam's son who reigned briefly, warring against the northern kingdom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 15:1-8; 2 Chron. 13; Matt. 1:7
Iddo
Seer whose visions concerning Jeroboam and whose records and treatise are cited for Solomon, Rehoboam and Abijah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 9:29; 2 Chronicles 12:15; 2 Chronicles 13:22
Uriel
Named as the father of Micaiah, mother of Abijah, and said to be from Gibeah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 13:2
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 12:16; 1 Kings 15:1–8
- 2 2 Chronicles 11:20; 1 Kings 15:6–7; 1 Samuel 10:26; Joshua 18:28; 1 Kings 15:2
- 3 1 Samuel 17:1–3; 2 Chronicles 26:12–13; 2 Chronicles 14:8–9; 1 Chronicles 21:5; 2 Chronicles 11:1
- 4 Joshua 18:22; Judges 9:7; 2 Chronicles 15:2; Genesis 10:18
- 5 Numbers 18:19; Leviticus 2:13; 2 Samuel 7:12–16; Mark 9:49–50; Luke 1:31–33
- 6 1 Kings 11:26; 1 Kings 12:20; 2 Chronicles 10:19; 1 Kings 12:27
- 7 Judges 9:4; 2 Chronicles 12:13; Hebrews 5:12; Psalm 26:4; 1 Samuel 22:2
- 8 1 Kings 12:28; 2 Chronicles 11:15; Isaiah 7:6–7; Isaiah 9:6–7; 2 Chronicles 20:12
- 9 2 Chronicles 11:14–15; Jeremiah 2:11; Exodus 29:35; Exodus 32:29; Galatians 4:8
- 10 Zechariah 13:9; 2 Chronicles 11:16–17; Exodus 29:1–37; Numbers 16:40; Exodus 19:5–6
- 11 2 Chronicles 2:4; Leviticus 24:2–9; Exodus 27:20–21; Exodus 29:38; Exodus 25:30–39
- 12 Acts 5:39; Romans 8:31; Numbers 10:8–9; Zechariah 10:5; Numbers 14:41
- 13 Joshua 8:4; Joshua 8:9; Jeremiah 4:22; 2 Chronicles 20:22; Proverbs 21:30
- 14 2 Chronicles 14:11; Exodus 14:10; Psalm 50:15; Judges 20:33–43; 2 Samuel 10:8–14
- 15 2 Chronicles 14:12; Joshua 11:8; Judges 7:18–22; Judges 4:15; 2 Chronicles 20:21
- 16 2 Chronicles 16:8; Joshua 21:44; Deuteronomy 3:3; Judges 1:4; Joshua 10:12
- 17 Isaiah 10:16–19; 2 Chronicles 13:3; 1 Corinthians 10:22; Isaiah 37:36; Nahum 1:5
- 18 2 Chronicles 14:11; Nahum 1:7; 1 Chronicles 5:20; Psalm 146:5; 2 Chronicles 16:8–9
- 19 2 Chronicles 15:8; Joshua 15:9; Joshua 11:12; 1 Samuel 31:7; Joshua 10:19
- 20 1 Kings 14:20; 1 Samuel 25:38; Psalm 18:37–38; 1 Kings 15:9; 1 Samuel 26:10
- 21 Judges 10:4; Judges 9:5; 2 Chronicles 11:21; Judges 8:30–31; 2 Samuel 5:12–13
- 22 2 Chronicles 9:29; 2 Chronicles 12:15; 2 Chronicles 24:27
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences