2 Chronicles 13:3

In context

1It was in Jeroboam’s eighteenth year as king that Abijah came to the throne of Judah. 2For three years he was king in Jerusalem. His mother was Micaiah, daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah. Abijah and Jeroboam were at war. 3Abijah went into battle with a force of seasoned fighters, four hundred thousand picked men, and Jeroboam drew up his line against him with eight hundred thousand picked men, seasoned fighters. 4Abijah took his stand on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said: “Hear me, Jeroboam, and all Israel! 5Is it not yours to know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, granted kingship over Israel to David in perpetuity — to him and to his sons, under a covenant of salt?