Translations
Modern
Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
Traditional
And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
Literal
And Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and he said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel;
Latin
Stetit ergo Abia super montem Semeron, qui erat in Ephraim, et ait: Audi, Jeroboam, et omnis Israël.
Interlinear
Hebrew
English
Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
Notes
Mount Zemaraim: This town was on the northern border of Benjamin (see Joshua 18:22), about five miles northeast of Bethel. Benjamin served as a buffer and battleground between the northern and southern kingdoms.
Theme notes and profiles
People
Abijah: King of Judah, son of Rehoboam Ephraim: Second son of Joseph, and a tribe of Israel Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Jeroboam: First king of the northern kingdom of Israel
Places
Zemaraim: A town in Benjamin; also a hill in Ephraim
Glossary
Abijah Abijam Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Jehoram Jeroboam Zemaraim
Topics
Faithfulness: Abijah God: Preserver by Abijah Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Abijam or Abijah War: Enemy Harangued by the General of the Opposing Side Zemaraim: A Part of Mount Ephraim