10. But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned him. The priests ministering to the Lord are sons of Aaron, and the Levites also have their offices.
11. They sacrifice burnt offerings to the Lord and fragrant incense morning after morning and evening after evening; they set out the showbread on the pure table, and the lamps of the golden menorah burn evening after evening; for we observe our duties to the Lord, our God, but you have abandoned him.
12. See, God is with us, at our head, and his priests are here with trumpets to sound the attack against you. Israelites, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed!”
13. But Jeroboam had an ambush go around them to come at them from the rear; so that while his army faced Judah, his ambush lay behind them.
14. When Judah turned and saw that they had to battle on both fronts, they cried out to the Lord and the priests sounded the trumpets.
15. Then the Judahites shouted; and when they shouted, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16. The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their power.
17. Abijah and his people inflicted a severe defeat upon them; five hundred thousand picked men of Israel fell slain.
18. The Israelites were humbled on that occasion, while the Judahites were victorious because they relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
19. Abijah pursued Jeroboam and seized cities from him: Bethel and its dependencies, Jeshanah and its dependencies, and Ephron and its dependencies.
20. Jeroboam did not regain power during Abijah’s time; the Lord struck him down and he died,