Where Are Your Levites?

When Abijah, the son of Rehoboam came to the throne in Judah, the kingdom of Israel was only freshly torn in two. Jeroboam still ruled in the northern kingdom of Israel with his two golden calves in Dan and Bethel. This wicked king of the north prohibited the Levites from executing their priestly office in the north. So all of the Levites scattered throughout the northern kingdom had come back to Judah. 

Abijah, king of Judah, then set out in battle array against wicked Jeroboam only about 20 miles north of Jerusalem in the land of Ephraim. Abijah had four hundred thousand men to Jeroboam’s eight hundred thousand men. Facing an army double his size, Abijah had the high ground, as he and his army stood on Mount Zemaraim and looked down on Jeroboam and his army.

From that mountain, Abijah warned Jeroboam to lay down his weapons for it was impossible for him to win the battle, even if he did have more men. The Levites stood at the heart of Abijah’s confidence. Abijah yells to Jeroboam and his army, “Havae ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? . . . 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” (2 Chronicles 13:9-10).

You must stand on Mount Zemaraim with Abijah, confident of victory because your High Priest waits upon his business. And, you must remember that worship stands at the heart of our warfare. You will win the battles laid out in front of you because you offer yourselves to God as living and holy sacrifices. Serve Him here and God will strike your enemies.

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