2 Chronicles 13:8-18

2 Chronicles 13:8-18

[8] And now ye think  to withstand  the kingdom  of the LORD  in the hand  of the sons  of David;  and ye be a great  multitude,  and there are with you golden  calves,  which Jeroboam  made  you for gods.  [9] Have ye not cast out  the priests  of the LORD,  the sons  of Aaron,  and the Levites,  and have made  you priests  after the manner of the nations  of other lands?  so that whosoever cometh  to consecrate  himself with a young  bullock  and seven  rams,  the same may be a priest  of them that are no  gods.  [10] But as for us, the LORD  is our God,  and we have not forsaken  him; and the priests,  which minister  unto the LORD,  are the sons  of Aaron,  and the Levites  wait upon their business:  [11] And they burn  unto the LORD  every morning  and every evening  burnt sacrifices  and sweet  incense:  the shewbread  also set they in order upon the pure  table;  and the candlestick  of gold  with the lamps  thereof, to burn  every evening:  for we keep  the charge  of the LORD  our God;  but ye have forsaken  [12] And, behold, God  himself is with us for our captain,  and his priests  with sounding  trumpets  to cry alarm  against you. O children  of Israel,  fight  ye not against the LORD  God  of your fathers;  for ye shall not prosper.  [13] But Jeroboam  caused an ambushment  to come  about  behind  them: so they were before  Judah,  and the ambushment  was behind  [14] And when Judah  looked back,  behold, the battle  was before  and behind:  and they cried  unto the LORD,  and the priests  sounded  with the trumpets.  [15] Then the men  of Judah  gave a shout:  and as the men  of Judah  shouted,  it came to pass, that God  smote  Jeroboam  and all Israel  before  Abijah  and Judah.  [16] And the children  of Israel  fled  before  Judah:  and God  delivered  them into their hand.  [17] And Abijah  and his people  slew  them with a great  slaughter:  so there fell down  slain  of Israel  five  hundred  thousand  men.  [18] Thus the children  of Israel  were brought  under at that time,  and the children  of Judah  prevailed,  because they relied  upon the LORD  God  of their fathers.