13. But Jeroboam sent a group of soldiers to sneak behind Abijah’s army. Jeroboam’s army was in front of Abijah’s army. The hidden soldiers from Jeroboam’s army were behind Abijah’s army.
14. When the soldiers in Abijah’s army from Judah looked around, they saw Jeroboam’s army attacking both in front and in back. The men of Judah shouted out to the Lord and the priests blew the trumpets.
15. Then the men in Abijah’s army shouted. When the men of Judah shouted, God defeated Jeroboam’s army. Jeroboam’s whole army from Israel was defeated by Abijah’s army from Judah.
16. The men of Israel ran away from the men of Judah. God let the army from Judah defeat the army from Israel.
17. Abijah’s army greatly defeated the army of Israel, and 500,000 of the best men of Israel were killed.
18. So at that time the Israelites were defeated, and the people of Judah won. The army from Judah won because they depended on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
19. Abijah’s army chased Jeroboam’s army, and they captured the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron from Jeroboam. They captured the towns and the small villages near them.
20. Jeroboam never became strong again while Abijah lived. The Lord killed Jeroboam,
21. but Abijah became strong. He married 14 women and was the father of 22 sons and 16 daughters.
22. Everything else Abijah did is written in the books of the prophet Iddo.