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2 Chronicles 13 Free Bible Version
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1 Abijah became king of Judah in the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam.
1 A LOS dieciocho años del rey Jeroboam, reinó Abías sobre Judá.
2 He reigned in Jerusalem for three years. His mother's name was Micaiah, daughter of Uriel—she was from Gibeah. Abijah and Jeroboam were at war.
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 Abijah went out to fight with an army of 400,000 brave warriors, while Jeroboam opposed him with his army of 800,000 chosen warriors of great strength.
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 Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all of 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 Don't you understand that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a binding agreement?
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 Yet Jeroboam, son of Nebat, just a servant of Solomon, son of David, had the audacity to rebel against his master.
6 Pero Jeroboam hijo de Nabat, siervo de Salomón hijo de David, se levantó y rebeló contra su señor.
7 Then some good-for-nothing evil men gathered round him and defied Rehoboam, son of Solomon, when he was young and inexperienced, and couldn't confront them.
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 Now do you really think you can oppose the kingdom of the Lord, held by David's descendants? You may be a large horde, and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as 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 But didn't you drive out the priests of the Lord, Aaron's descendants, and the Levites, and make priests for yourselves just like people in other nations do? Now anyone who wants to can come and dedicate himself, sacrificing a young bull and seven rams, and he can become a priest of things that really are not 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 for us, the Lord is our God! We have not abandoned him. We have priests serving the Lord who are descendants of Aaron, and we have Levites who help them in their ministry.
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 Morning and evening they present burnt offerings and burn fragrant incense to the Lord. They place the rows of showbread on the purified table, and light the lamps of the gold lampstand every evening. We are doing what the Lord our God told us to do, while you have abandoned 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 God is leading us! His priests blow their trumpets to go into battle against you. People of Israel, don't fight against the Lord, the God of your fathers, for you won't win!”
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 sent troops around to attack from the rear, so that while he and the main force was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.
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 Judah turned around and realized that they were having to fight front and rear. They cried out to the Lord for help. Then the priests blew their trumpets,
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 shout. When they shouted, God struck Jeroboam and all Israel in front of 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 The Israelites ran away from Judah, and God handed them over to Judah, defeated.
16 Y huyeron los hijos de Israel delante de Judá, y Dios los entregó en sus manos.
17 Abijah and his men hit them hard, and 500,000 of Israel's best warriors were killed.
17 Y Abías y su gente hacían en ellos gran mortandad; y cayeron heridos de Israel quinientos mil hombres escogidos.
18 So the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the people of Judah were victorious because they relied on the Lord, the God of their forefathers.
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 Abijah chased Jeroboam and captured some towns from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
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 Jereboam never regained his power during Abijah's reign. Eventually the Lord struck him down and he died.
20 Y nunca más tuvo Jeroboam poderío en los días de Abías: é hirióle Jehová, y murió.
21 But Abijah grew stronger and stronger. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
21 Empero se fortificó Abías; y tomó catorce mujeres, y engendró veintidós hijos, y dieciséis hijas.
22 The rest of what Abijah did—what he said and what he accomplished—is recorded in the history written by Iddo the Prophet.
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
Micaiah
Daughter of Uriel of Gibeah, named as the mother of King Abijah (11:20 names Maacah daughter of Absalom as his mother).
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 13:2
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