3. Abijah prepared for battle with an army of 400,000 of the best soldiers, while Jer o boam arranged to oppose him with 800,000 of the best professional soldiers.
4. Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the mountains of Ephraim. He called out, “Jer o boam and all Israel, listen to me!
5. Don’t you know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom of Israel to David and his descendants forever in a permanent promise?
6. But Jer o boam (Nebat’s son) rebelled against his master. He had been the servant of David’s son Solomon.
7. Worthless, good-for-nothing men gathered around him. They opposed Rehoboam, son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was too young and inexperienced to challenge them.