17. So Abijah and his men defeated them decisively, and 500,000 of the best men of Israel were killed.
18. So the Israelites were humbled at that time, and the men of Judah won because they trusted the Lord God of their ancestors.
19. Abijah pursued Jer o boam and captured some of his cities: Bethel and its villages, Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephron and its villages.
20. Jer o boam never regained power during Abijah’s time. The Lord caused Jer o boam to become sick, and Jer o boam died.