2Ch 13:1, In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.
1Ki 15:3, … HIS HEART WAS NOT LOYAL TO THE LORD HIS GOD, as was the heart of his father David.
Abijah wasn’t loyal to the LORD and walked in the steps of Rehoboam, his father! Abijah was outnumbered by Israel, but he stood up and spoke to Jeroboam and all of Israel!
2Ch 13:5-6, Should you not know that the LORD GOD OF ISRAEL GAVE THE DOMINION OVER ISRAEL TO DAVID FOREVER, to him and his sons, BY A COVENANT OF SALT? Yet JEROBOAM .. ROSE UP AND REBELLED AGAINST HIS LORD.
A covenant of salt, salt preserves and endures, The LORD’s covenant with David also endures! YET, Abijah must be the father of “CNN”iens because Jeroboam didn’t rebel against Rehoboam, but northern kingdom was given to him by the LORD, because of Solomon’s sin! “1kings 11:11”
2Ch 13:13-14, But Jeroboam caused an ambush to go around behind them; so they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them. And when Judah looked around, to their surprise the battle line was at both front and rear; AND THEY CRIED OUT TO THE LORD, AND THE PRIESTS SOUNDED THE TRUMPETS.
2Ch 13:18, Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time; and the children of Judah prevailed, BECAUSE THEY RELIED ON THE LORD GOD OF THEIR FATHERS.
Nah 1:7, THE LORD IS GOOD, A STRONGHOLD IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE; AND HE KNOWS THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM.
THE VICTORY DIDN’T COME BY ABIJAH, BUT BECAUSE THEY RELIED ON THE LORD! IN THIS LIFE WE WILL HAVE TROUBLES, BUT THE LORD CAN CHANGE ANY SITUATION! TRUST IN THE LORD!