14. When Judah looked around and suddenly realized that they were surrounded, they cried out to the Lord while the priests sounded the trumpets
15. and raised the battle cry. When they raised the battle cry, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16. So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God gave Judah the victory.
17. Abijah and his people struck them severely: five hundred thousand select warriors were killed.
18. Israel was subdued on that occasion, and Judah succeeded because they relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
19. Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took these cities away from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.