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2 Chronicles 13:2

AbijahJeroboamMaachahUrielGibeahJerusalem

1 In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,

and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.

4 Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!

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BSB
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
KJV
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.
WEB
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
ASV
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
DARBY
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
BLB
Three years he reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [was] Micaiah daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and between Jeroboam.
ÅB
Han regjerte tre år i Jerusalem. Hans mor hette Mikaja; hun var datter av Uriel og var fra Gibea. Mellom Abia og Jeroboam var det krig.
OTB
Han regjerte i tre år i Jerusalem; og hans mors navn var Mika, datter av Uriel fra Gibea. Og det var krig mellom Abia og Jeroboam.
B1930
Han regjerte tre år i Jerusalem. Hans mor hette Mikaja; hun var datter av Uriel og var fra Gibea. Mellem Abia og Jeroboam var det krig.

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  • 2 Chronicles 11:20

    After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

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  • 1 Kings 15:6–7

    And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.

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  • 1 Samuel 10:26

    Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.

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  • Joshua 18:28

    Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim —fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

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  • 1 Kings 15:2

    and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

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  • Judges 19:16

    That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.

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  • Judges 19:14

    So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

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