| − | The '''Battle of Zemaraim''' (957 BC by [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pgh. 488</ref> 912 BC by [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), p. 289</ref>) was the bloodiest battle in all the intermittent wars between the [[Northern Kingdom|Northern]] and [[Southern Kingdom|Southern]] Kingdoms of [[Israel]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=13|verses=1-20}}</ref> Here King [[Abijam]] of the Southern Kingdom engaged a force twice the size of his own and routed it, killing over 60% of the enemy forces. | + | The '''Battle of Zemaraim''' (957 BC by [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pgh. 488</ref> 912 BC by [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), p. 289</ref>) was the bloodiest battle in all the intermittent wars between the [[Northern Kingdom|Northern]] and [[Southern Kingdom|Southern]] Kingdoms of [[Israel]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Chronicles|chap=13|verses=1-20}}</ref> Here King [[Abijam]] of the Southern Kingdom engaged a force twice the size of his own and routed it, killing over 60% of the enemy forces. God approved of this action. |