KJV King James Version
And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
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2 Chronicles 13:4
And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
WEB World English Bible
Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
ASV American Standard Version
And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Abijah riseth up on the hill of Zemaraim that is in the hill-country of Ephraim, and saith, ‘Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel!
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 13
1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also [was] Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, [even] four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, [being] mighty men of valour.
4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which [is] in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, [even] to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּ֣קָםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiאֲבִיָּ֗הH29 · a.viy.yahAbijahמֵעַל֙H5921 · aluponלְהַ֣רH2022 · harmountain: mountצְמָרַ֔יִםH6787 · tse.ma.ra.yim(Mount) Zemaraimאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּהַ֣רH2022 · harmountain: mountאֶפְרָ֑יִםH669 · eph.ra.yimEphraimוַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayשְׁמָע֖וּנִיH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearיָרָבְעָ֥םH3379 · ya.rov.amJeroboamוְכָל־H3605 · kolallיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃H3478 · yis.ra.elIsrael
Cross-references
Joshua 18:22And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,Judges 9:7And when they told [it] to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.2 Chronicles 15:2And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD [is] with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.Genesis 10:18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
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