And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam [of Israel].
Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
“And now you intend to assert yourselves against the kingdom of the LORD which is in the hands of the sons of David, since you are a great multitude and have with you the golden calves (idols) which Jeroboam made for you as gods.
But Jeroboam had set an ambush to come from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush was behind them.
But Abijah became powerful. He took fourteen wives for himself and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
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